Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to dastard
Participle: dastarded
Gerund: dastarding
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | dastard |
| you | dastard |
| he;she;it | dastards |
| we | dastard |
| you | dastard |
| they | dastard |
Perfect
| I | have dastarded |
| you | have dastarded |
| he;she;it | has dastarded |
| we | have dastarded |
| you | have dastarded |
| they | have dastarded |
Past
| I | dastarded |
| you | dastarded |
| he;she;it | dastarded |
| we | dastarded |
| you | dastarded |
| they | dastarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had dastarded |
| you | had dastarded |
| he;she;it | had dastarded |
| we | had dastarded |
| you | had dastarded |
| they | had dastarded |
Future
| I | will dastard |
| you | will dastard |
| he;she;it | will dastard |
| we | will dastard |
| you | will dastard |
| they | will dastard |
Future Perfect
| I | will have dastarded |
| you | will have dastarded |
| he;she;it | will have dastarded |
| we | will have dastarded |
| you | will have dastarded |
| they | will have dastarded |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | dastard |
| you | dastard |
| he;she;it | dastard |
| we | dastard |
| you | dastard |
| they | dastard |
Perfect
| I | have dastarded |
| you | have dastarded |
| he;she;it | have dastarded |
| we | have dastarded |
| you | have dastarded |
| they | have dastarded |
Imperfect
| I | dastarded |
| you | dastarded |
| he;she;it | dastarded |
| we | dastarded |
| you | dastarded |
| they | dastarded |
Pluperfect
| I | had dastarded |
| you | had dastarded |
| he;she;it | had dastarded |
| we | had dastarded |
| you | had dastarded |
| they | had dastarded |
Conditional
Present
| I | would dastard |
| you | would dastard |
| he;she;it | would dastard |
| we | would dastard |
| you | would dastard |
| they | would dastard |
Perfect
| I | would have dastarded |
| you | would have dastarded |
| he;she;it | would have dastarded |
| we | would have dastarded |
| you | would have dastarded |
| they | would have dastarded |
Imperative
| you | dastard |
| we | Let's dastard |
| you | dastard |
Verbs conjugated like 'dastard'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'dastard'
bastard,
abastard,
astand,
astart,
discard,
adward,
assart,
astert,
astore,
atstand,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English dastard (“a dullard”), most likely formed from *dast, a base derived from Old Norse dæstr (“exhausted, breathless”) + -ard. Compare Icelandic dasaður (“exhausted”), dialectal Swedish däst (“weary”), Middle Dutch dasaert, daasaardt (“a fool”), English dazed (“stupefied”). See: English '
dazed'.
Sample Sentences
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1665, John Dryden, The Indian Emperour, or the Conquest of Mexico by the Spaniards, being the Sequel of The Indian Queen, Act II, Scene 1, http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12166/pg12166-images.html
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Would my short life had yet a shorter date! / I'm weary of this flesh which holds us here, / And dastards manly souls with hope and fear; / These heats and colds still in our breast make war, / Agues and fevers all our passions are.