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    gainsay
    /ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/

    verb

    • 1. deny or contradict (a fact or statement): formal "the impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid"

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  2. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › gainsayGainsay Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of GAINSAY is to declare to be untrue or invalid. How to use gainsay in a sentence. Did you know? Synonym Discussion of Gainsay.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishGAINSAY | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    to refuse to accept something as the truth: Certainly there's no gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of his performance. Synonyms. challenge. dispute. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Refusing & rejecting. abjuration. abjure. abnegate. abnegation. bar. bat something/someone away. decline. disavow.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › gainsayGAINSAY Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Gainsay definition: to deny, dispute, or contradict.. See examples of GAINSAY used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishGAINSAY definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    Archaic or literary to deny (an allegation, a statement, etc); contradict.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

  6. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryGAINSAY | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    to refuse to accept something as the truth: Certainly there's no gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of his performance. Synonyms. challenge. dispute. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Refusing & rejecting. abjuration. abjure. abnegate. abnegation. bar. bat something/someone away. decline. disavow.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › gainsayGainsay - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Gainsay, a verb, means "contradict" or "speak out against." When you challenge authority, you gainsay, as in teachers don't like it when unruly students gainsay them.

  8. www.thefreedictionary.com › gainsayGainsay - definition of gainsay by The Free Dictionary

    1. To declare to be false; deny. See Synonyms at deny. 2. To oppose (someone), especially by contradiction: "She was going to fashion the end of her existence in her own way, and in this determination she would not be gainsaid" (Louis Auchincloss).

  9. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › english › gainsaygainsay verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    gainsay something to say that something is not true; to disagree with or deny something synonym deny Nobody can gainsay his claims. There is no gainsaying these facts.

  10. www.dictionary.com › browse › gainsayGAINSAY Definition & Usage Examples | Dictionary.com

    Gainsay definition: . See examples of GAINSAY used in a sentence.

  11. www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com › gainsaygainsay verb - Definition, pictures, pronunciation and usage...

    (often used in negative sentences) to say that something is not true; to disagree with or deny something synonym deny Nobody can gainsay his claims.