Past tense of pamper
regular verb
The past tense of pamper is pampered. The past participle is also pampered.
Forms of pamper
| Base form (V1) | pamper /ˈpæm.pə(ɹ)/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | pampered |
| Past participle (V3) | pampered |
| Present participle | pampering |
| Third person singular | pampers |
Pampered in a sentence
- The rare privilege of being pampered will delight you, but don’t count your chickens before they’ve hatched.1996, Leslee Becker, “Correspondence”, in The Sincere Cafe: Stories, Minneapolis, Minn.: Mid-List Press, →ISBN, page 121. From the entry don't count your chickens before they've hatched
- It’s the name of a small collection of word-forms with particular spellings – four of them: pamper, pampered, pampering, and pampers.2024, Geoffrey K. Pullum, The Truth About English Grammar, Polity Press, →ISBN, page 17. From the entry lexeme
- Capulet regrets that Juliet has been “fedled” (“pampered,” RC, s.v.2010, William Shakespeare, The Tragedie of Romeo and Juliet, →ISBN. From the entry feddle
- The lioness population of this diamond is especially pampered by these famous lady gods, stimulating the feminine mystique.1973, Owen S. Rachleff, Sky Diamonds: The New Astrology, Hawthorn Books, page 188. From the entry supergoddess
- The old hotels were buffed and puffed, painted and pampered and neon-ed up, and South Beach blossomed again into a playground for the über-fabulous.2013, Sophia Dembling, 100 Places in the USA Every Woman Should Go. From the entry uber-fabulous
Meaning of pamper
- verb To treat with excessive care, attention or indulgence.
- verb To feed luxuriously.
- verb To put someone in pampers (a diaper).
Questions about the past tense of pamper
- What is the past tense of pamper?
- The past tense of pamper is pampered.
- What is the past participle of pamper?
- The past participle of pamper is pampered.
- Is pamper a regular or irregular verb?
- Pamper is a regular verb: its past tense adds -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: pamper (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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