Past tense of deny
regular verb
The past tense of deny is denied. The past participle is also denied.
Forms of deny
| Base form (V1) | deny /dɪˈnaɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | denied /dɪˈnaɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | denied /dɪˈnaɪd/ |
| Present participle | denying /dɪˈnaɪ.ɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | denies |
Denied in a sentence
- I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
- My father denied me a good education.
- She denied it but she had been spotted in the act.From the entry in the act
- Right, the committee has considered your request and denied it, so there you are.From the entry there you are
- He took so long to shave his head that we arrived 45 minutes after curtain and were denied late entry.From the entry curtain
Meaning of deny
- verb To disallow or reject.
- verb To assert that something is not true.
- verb To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
Questions about the past tense of deny
- What is the past tense of deny?
- The past tense of deny is denied.
- What is the past participle of deny?
- The past participle of deny is denied.
- Is deny a regular or irregular verb?
- Deny is a regular verb: its past tense changes -y to -ied.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deny (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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