Conjugation of the verb despise in English in all tenses

Here are the conjugation tables for the verb despise in English.

Conjugation of the verb despise in the present tenses

Present Tense

  • I despise
  • you despise
  • he|she|it despises
  • we despise
  • you despise
  • they despise

Present Continuous

  • I am despising
  • you are despising
  • he|she|it is despising
  • we are despising
  • you are despising
  • they are despising

Present Perfect

  • I have despised
  • you have despised
  • he|she|it has despised
  • we have despised
  • you have despised
  • they have despised

Present Perfect Continuous

  • I have been despising
  • you have been despising
  • he|she|it has been despising
  • we have been despising
  • you have been despising
  • they have been despising

How to use these conjugation tenses in English? The Present expresses habit, frequency, general truth and state in English. The Present Continuous mainly expresses the idea of an action or activity that is still in progress. The Present Perfect expresses notions that are always related to the present or the consequence of an event. Finally, the Present Perfect Continuous associates with the idea of activity that of duration.

Conjugation of the verb despise in the past tenses

Simple past

  • I despised
  • you despised
  • he|she|it despised
  • we despised
  • you despised
  • they despised

Past continuous

  • I was despising
  • you were despising
  • he|she|it was despising
  • we were despising
  • you were despising
  • they were despising

Past perfect

  • I had despised
  • you had despised
  • he|she|it had despised
  • we had despised
  • you had despised
  • they had despised

Past perfect continuous

  • I had been despising
  • you had been despising
  • he|she|it had been despising
  • we had been despising
  • you had been despising
  • they had been despising

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Simple Past expresses completed actions unrelated to the present, dated past actions or habits. It is very often used in English. The Past Continuous (Simple Past + ING) on the other hand is used to talk about ongoing actions in the past or a past action in progress when another action occurs. The Past Perfect is used to indicate that the action took place before another past action. Finally, the Past Perfect Continuous is used to refer to a continuous action in the past that has continued until another past action.

Conjugation of the verb despise in the futur tenses

Future

  • I will despise
  • you will despise
  • he|she|it will despise
  • we will despise
  • you will despise
  • they will despise

Future continuous

  • I will be despising
  • you will be despising
  • he|she|it will be despising
  • we will be despising
  • you will be despising
  • they will be despising

Future perfect

  • I will have despised
  • you will have despised
  • he|she|it will have despised
  • we will have despised
  • you will have despised
  • they will have despised

Future perfect continuous

  • I will have been despising
  • you will have been despising
  • he|she|it will have been despising
  • we will have been despising
  • you will have been despising
  • they will have been despising

How do you use these conjugation tenses in English? The Future is used to talk about factual actions in the future. The Future Continuous is used to talk about things that will be happening in the future. The Future Perfect is a conjugation tense not often used in English, this conjugation tense is used to talk about a future factual action prior to another one. Finally the Future Perfect Continuous is very rarely used, this tense is used to talk about a future action in progress and prior to another.

The different forms of the participle in English, for the verb to despise

Present participle

  • despising

Past participle

  • despised

Perfect Participle

  • having despised

The imperative in English, for the verb to despise

Imperative

  • despise
  • let's despise
  • despise

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