Dictionary Definition
gainsay v : take exception to; "She challenged
his claims" [syn: challenge, dispute] [also: gainsaid]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -eɪ
Verb
- To contradict; to
deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
- Must you gainsay my every word?
Derived terms
Translations
to deny; to contradict
- French: contredire
- Hungarian: tagad, ellentmond, megcáfol
- Norwegian: motsi
- Romanian: a contrazice
- Russian: возражать, отрицать
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abjure,
assert the contrary, be contrary to, belie, call into question,
challenge, combat, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, cross, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disown, disprove, dispute, fight, forswear, impugn, join issue upon, negate, negative, not accept, not
admit, nullify, oppose, oppugn, rebut, recant, refuse to admit, refute, reject, renounce, repudiate, resist, retract, revoke, take back, take issue
with, traverse,
withstand