Past tense of despise
regular verb
The past tense of despise is despised. The past participle is also despised.
Forms of despise
| Base form (V1) | despise /dɪˈspaɪz/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | despised |
| Past participle (V3) | despised |
| Present participle | despising |
| Third person singular | despises |
Despised in a sentence
- Katie despised video games because she saw them as a trashy, boring waste of time.
- She realized to her horror that she had unwittingly helped those people she most despised.From the entry unwittingly
- The dictator's cruelty made him the most despised person in the region.From the entry despised
- The little boy loved peas but despised spinach.From the entry despised
- The populace despised their ignorant leader.From the entry populace
Meaning of despise
- verb To regard with contempt or scorn.
- verb To disregard or ignore.
Questions about the past tense of despise
- What is the past tense of despise?
- The past tense of despise is despised.
- What is the past participle of despise?
- The past participle of despise is despised.
- Is despise a regular or irregular verb?
- Despise is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: despise (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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