To challenge (someone) or brave (a hazard or opposition).
Infinitivedefy
Past simpledefied
Past participledefied
-ing formdefying
Full conjugation of the English verb to defy (past simple defied,
past participle defied):
present simple and continuous, past simple and continuous, present perfect, past perfect,
future, conditional, subjunctive and imperative, with all persons.
Indicative
Present simple
I
defy
you
defy
he/she/it
defies
we
defy
you
defy
they
defy
Present continuous
I
am defying
you
are defying
he/she/it
is defying
we
are defying
you
are defying
they
are defying
Present perfect
I
have defied
you
have defied
he/she/it
has defied
we
have defied
you
have defied
they
have defied
Present perfect continuous
I
have been defying
you
have been defying
he/she/it
has been defying
we
have been defying
you
have been defying
they
have been defying
Past simple
I
defied
you
defied
he/she/it
defied
we
defied
you
defied
they
defied
Past continuous
I
was defying
you
were defying
he/she/it
was defying
we
were defying
you
were defying
they
were defying
Past perfect
I
had defied
you
had defied
he/she/it
had defied
we
had defied
you
had defied
they
had defied
Past perfect continuous
I
had been defying
you
had been defying
he/she/it
had been defying
we
had been defying
you
had been defying
they
had been defying
Future simple
I
will defy
you
will defy
he/she/it
will defy
we
will defy
you
will defy
they
will defy
Future continuous
I
will be defying
you
will be defying
he/she/it
will be defying
we
will be defying
you
will be defying
they
will be defying
Future perfect
I
will have defied
you
will have defied
he/she/it
will have defied
we
will have defied
you
will have defied
they
will have defied
Future perfect continuous
I
will have been defying
you
will have been defying
he/she/it
will have been defying
we
will have been defying
you
will have been defying
they
will have been defying
Conditional
Present
I
would defy
you
would defy
he/she/it
would defy
we
would defy
you
would defy
they
would defy
Present continuous
I
would be defying
you
would be defying
he/she/it
would be defying
we
would be defying
you
would be defying
they
would be defying
Perfect
I
would have defied
you
would have defied
he/she/it
would have defied
we
would have defied
you
would have defied
they
would have defied
Perfect continuous
I
would have been defying
you
would have been defying
he/she/it
would have been defying
we
would have been defying
you
would have been defying
they
would have been defying
Subjunctive
Present
that I
defy
that you
defy
that he/she/it
defy
that we
defy
that you
defy
that they
defy
Past
if I
defied
if you
defied
if he/she/it
defied
if we
defied
if you
defied
if they
defied
Imperative
Affirmative
you
defy
we
let's defy
Negative
you
don't defy
we
let's not defy
Non-finite forms
Infinitive
to defy
Perfect infinitive
to have defied
Present participle / gerund
defying
Past participle
defied
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