Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to impair
Participle: impaired
Gerund: impairing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | impair |
| you | impair |
| he;she;it | impairs |
| we | impair |
| you | impair |
| they | impair |
Perfect
| I | have impaired |
| you | have impaired |
| he;she;it | has impaired |
| we | have impaired |
| you | have impaired |
| they | have impaired |
Past
| I | impaired |
| you | impaired |
| he;she;it | impaired |
| we | impaired |
| you | impaired |
| they | impaired |
Pluperfect
| I | had impaired |
| you | had impaired |
| he;she;it | had impaired |
| we | had impaired |
| you | had impaired |
| they | had impaired |
Future
| I | will impair |
| you | will impair |
| he;she;it | will impair |
| we | will impair |
| you | will impair |
| they | will impair |
Future Perfect
| I | will have impaired |
| you | will have impaired |
| he;she;it | will have impaired |
| we | will have impaired |
| you | will have impaired |
| they | will have impaired |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | impair |
| you | impair |
| he;she;it | impair |
| we | impair |
| you | impair |
| they | impair |
Perfect
| I | have impaired |
| you | have impaired |
| he;she;it | have impaired |
| we | have impaired |
| you | have impaired |
| they | have impaired |
Imperfect
| I | impaired |
| you | impaired |
| he;she;it | impaired |
| we | impaired |
| you | impaired |
| they | impaired |
Pluperfect
| I | had impaired |
| you | had impaired |
| he;she;it | had impaired |
| we | had impaired |
| you | had impaired |
| they | had impaired |
Conditional
Present
| I | would impair |
| you | would impair |
| he;she;it | would impair |
| we | would impair |
| you | would impair |
| they | would impair |
Perfect
| I | would have impaired |
| you | would have impaired |
| he;she;it | would have impaired |
| we | would have impaired |
| you | would have impaired |
| they | would have impaired |
Imperative
| you | impair |
| we | Let's impair |
| you | impair |
Verbs conjugated like 'impair'
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 'impair'
empair,
apair,
appair,
dispair,
imbar,
impact,
impaint,
impale,
impalm,
impark,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to make or render worse
- adulterate, aggravate, canker, contaminate, corrupt, debase, debauch, defile, deflower, degrade, deteriorate, envenom, exacerbate, infect, pejorate, set back, stain, vitiate, weaken
- lessen
- diminish, damage, injure, worsen, spoil, mar, vitiate, blemish
- debase
- cheapen, tarnish
Antonyms
- lessen
- increase, intensify, strengthen, heighten
- debase
- exalt, raise, lift, enhance
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English impairen, empeiren, from Old French empeirier, from Early Medieval Latin impeiōrāre, from in- + Late Latin peiōrāre (“worsen”), from peiōrem (“worse”), comparative of malus (“bad”). See: Old French '
empoirier'.
Sample Sentences
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In 2016, it was announced that Jones had been diagnosed with primary progressive aphasia, a form of dementia that impairs the ability to communicate. [2020 January 22, Stuart Jeffries, “Terry Jones obituary”, in The Guardian:]
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Flesh may empaire,[…]but reason can repaire. [1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I, Canto VII”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:]