| singular | plural |
| Infinitive | | |
| despise | |
| present simple | | |
| 1 | I despise | we despise |
| 2 | you despise | you despise |
| 3 | he/she/it despises | they despise |
| past simple | | |
| 1 | I despised | we despised |
| 2 | you despised | you despised |
| 3 | he/she/it despised | they despised |
| future simple | | |
| 1 | I will/shall despise | we will/shall despise |
| 2 | you will/shall despise | you will/shall despise |
| 3 | he/she/it will/shall despise | they will/shall despise |
| conditional simple | | |
| 1 | I would despise | we would despise |
| 2 | you would despise | you would despise |
| 3 | he/she/it would despise | they would despise |
| present continuous | | |
| 1 | I am despising | we are despising |
| 2 | you are despising | you are despising |
| 3 | he/she/it is despising | they are despising |
| past continuous | | |
| 1 | I was despising | we were despising |
| 2 | you were despising | you were despising |
| 3 | he/she/it was despising | they were despising |
| future continuous | | |
| 1 | I will be despising | we will be despising |
| 2 | you will be despising | you will be despising |
| 3 | he/she/it will be despising | they will be despising |
| conditional continuous | | |
| 1 | I would be despising | we would be despising |
| 2 | you would be despising | you would be despising |
| 3 | he/she/it would be despising | they would be despising |
| present perfect | | |
| 1 | I have despised | we have despised |
| 2 | you have despised | you have despised |
| 3 | he/she/it has despised | they have despised |
| past perfect | | |
| 1 | I had despised | we had despised |
| 2 | you had despised | you had despised |
| 3 | he/she/it had despised | they had despised |
| future perfect | | |
| 1 | I will have despised | we will have despised |
| 2 | you will have despised | you will have despised |
| 3 | he/she/it will have despised | they will have despised |
| conditional perfect | | |
| 1 | I would have despised | we would have despised |
| 2 | you would have despised | you would have despised |
| 3 | he/she/it would have despised | they would have despised |