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