Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to distain
Participle: distained
Gerund: distaining
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | distain |
| you | distain |
| he;she;it | distains |
| we | distain |
| you | distain |
| they | distain |
Perfect
| I | have distained |
| you | have distained |
| he;she;it | has distained |
| we | have distained |
| you | have distained |
| they | have distained |
Past
| I | distained |
| you | distained |
| he;she;it | distained |
| we | distained |
| you | distained |
| they | distained |
Pluperfect
| I | had distained |
| you | had distained |
| he;she;it | had distained |
| we | had distained |
| you | had distained |
| they | had distained |
Future
| I | will distain |
| you | will distain |
| he;she;it | will distain |
| we | will distain |
| you | will distain |
| they | will distain |
Future Perfect
| I | will have distained |
| you | will have distained |
| he;she;it | will have distained |
| we | will have distained |
| you | will have distained |
| they | will have distained |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | distain |
| you | distain |
| he;she;it | distain |
| we | distain |
| you | distain |
| they | distain |
Perfect
| I | have distained |
| you | have distained |
| he;she;it | have distained |
| we | have distained |
| you | have distained |
| they | have distained |
Imperfect
| I | distained |
| you | distained |
| he;she;it | distained |
| we | distained |
| you | distained |
| they | distained |
Pluperfect
| I | had distained |
| you | had distained |
| he;she;it | had distained |
| we | had distained |
| you | had distained |
| they | had distained |
Conditional
Present
| I | would distain |
| you | would distain |
| he;she;it | would distain |
| we | would distain |
| you | would distain |
| they | would distain |
Perfect
| I | would have distained |
| you | would have distained |
| he;she;it | would have distained |
| we | would have distained |
| you | would have distained |
| they | would have distained |
Imperative
| you | distain |
| we | Let's distain |
| you | distain |
Verbs conjugated like 'distain'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'distain'
destain,
disdain,
distrain,
abstain,
bestain,
costain,
detain,
disdaine,
disjoin,
dismail,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Old French desteindre.
Sample Sentences
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Thence riſe the tears that ſo diſtaine my cheeks,
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Fearing his loue through my vnworthyneſſe. [c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act III, scene ii:]