🔄 Synonyms of "Gainsay"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| disputeverb | An argument or disagreement, a failure to agree. |
| challengeverb | A confrontation; a dare. |
| contradictverb | To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements). |
| disproveverb | (transitive) To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. |
| refuteverb | (transitive) To prove (something) to be false or incorrect. |
| negateverb | To deny the existence, evidence, or truth of; to contradict. |
| denyverb | (transitive) To assert that something is not true. |
| counteractverb | (transitive) To have a contrary or opposing effect or force on someone or something. |
| rebutverb | To deny the truth of something, especially by presenting arguments that disprove it. |
| counterverb | One who counts. |
| againsayverb | (transitive, obsolete, rare) To contradict; to gainsay. |
| withsayverb | To contradict or deny. |
| controvertverb | (transitive) To dispute, to argue about (something). |
| negative | Not positive or neutral; bad; undesirable; unfavourable. |
| undersayverb | To understate. |
| sublatenoun | (transitive) To take or carry away; to remove. |
| contrarynoun | The opposite. |
| contraveneverb | (transitive) To act contrary to an order; to fail to conform to a regulation or obligation. |
| disaffirmverb | To deny, contradict or repudiate |
| downargverb | (transitive, UK dialectal) To gainsay or contradict in an overbearing, domineering manner; browbeat; assert violently. |
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