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- Dictionarygainsay/ˌɡeɪnˈseɪ/
verb
- 1. deny or contradict (a fact or statement): formal "the impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid"
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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.
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.
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.
Gainsay definition: to deny, dispute, or contradict.. See examples of GAINSAY used in a sentence.
Archaic or literary to deny (an allegation, a statement, etc); contradict.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.
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).
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.
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.
It was hard to make clear what the mate meant, but all to a 22 certain extent understood, and no one ventured to gainsay it. Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. Ellis There was that about me to stir surprise; with those 14 generous days so long gone by, I will not gainsay it.
Definition of gainsay verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
