Stative verbs list

Here is a comprehensive list of Stative verbs:

to adore	to fit	to please
to agree	to hate	to possess
to appear (seem)	to have (possession)	to promise
to appreciate	to hear	to realise
to be	to imagine	to recognize
to believe	to include	to remember
to belong to	to involve	to resemble
to concern	to know	to satisfy
to consist of	to lack	to see
to contain	to like	to seem
to cost	to loathe	to smell
to deny	to look (seem)	to sound
to depend on	to love	to suppose
to deserve	to matter	to surprise
to detest	to mean	to taste
to disagree	to measure	to think (opinion)
to dislike	to mind	to understand
to doubt	to need	to want
to equal	to owe	to weigh
to feel	to own	to wish

Some of these verbs can also be used as active verbs but when we talk about permanent situations, feelings, opinions, wishes and the senses they are stative verbs.

Stative verbs list

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