Word Meanings - DENY - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself. 2. To refuse ; to reject; to decline;

Additional info about word: DENY

1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself. 2. To refuse ; to reject; to decline; to renounce. "If you deny to dance." Shak. 3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request. Who finds not Providence all good and wise, Alike in what it gives, and what denies Pope. To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious inclination, than to gratify it. J. Edwards. 4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow. The falsehood of denying his opinion. Bancroft. Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. Keble. To deny one's self, to decline the gratification of appetites or desires; to practice self-denial. Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. Matt. xvi. 24.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DENY)

• Abjure
• Renounce
• deny
• apostatize
• discard
• recant
• disclaim
• disavow
• repudiate
• revoke
• retract
• disown
• Contradict
• Oppose
• dissent
• negative
• controvert
• disprove
• confute
• refute
• gainsay
• contravene
• Debar
• Exclude
• stop
• thwart
• obstruct
• hinder
• prevent
• deter
• deprive
• disqualify
• prohibit
• preclude
• Impugn
• Gainsay
• oppose
• attack
• blame
• Refuse Deny
• withhold
• reject
• decline

Related words: (words related to DENY)

• DEPRIVEMENT
  Deprivation.
• CONTRADICTABLE
  Capable of being contradicting.
• REVOKER
  One who revokes.
• PREVENTATIVE
  That which prevents; -- incorrectly used instead of preventive.
• NEGATIVE
  Asserting absence of connection between a subject and a predicate; as, a negative proposition. (more info) 1. Denying; implying, containing, or asserting denial, negation or refusal; returning the answer no to an inquiry or request; refusing
• RETRACTOR
  One who, or that which, retracts. Specifically: In breech-loading firearms, a device for withdrawing a cartridge shell from the barrel.
• CONTRADICTIVE
  Contradictory; inconsistent. -- Con`tra*dict"ive*ly, adv..
• CONTRAVENE
  1. To meet in the way of opposition; to come into conflict with; to oppose; to contradict; to obstruct the operation of; to defeat. So plain a proposition . . . was not likely to be contravened. Southey. 2. To violate; to nullify; to
• DISAVOWANCE
  Disavowal. South.
• GAINSAY
  To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. I will give you a mouth and wisdom which all your adversaries shall not be able to gainsay nor resist. Luke xxi. 15. The just gods gainsay That any drop thou borrow'dst from thy mother,
• DISAVOWMENT
  Disavowal. Wotton.
• DEBARB
  To deprive of the beard. Bailey.
• DISAVOWER
  One who disavows.
• NEGATIVENESS; NEGATIVITY
  The quality or state of being negative.
• GAINSAYER
  One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9.
• PREVENTABLE
  Capable of being prevented or hindered; as, preventable diseases.
• REJECTER
  One who rejects.
• DEBARMENT
  Hindrance from approach; exclusion.
• PREVENTINGLY
  So as to prevent or hinder.
• CONTRADICTORILY
  In a contradictory manner. Sharp.
• IMPREVENTABLE
  Not preventable; invitable.
• IMPREVENTABILITY
  The state or quality of being impreventable.
• OVERTHWARTLY
  In an overthwart manner;across; also, perversely. Peacham.
• INDETERMINABLE
  Not determinable; impossible to be determined; not to be definitely known, ascertained, defined, or limited. -- In`de*ter"mi*na*bly, adv.
• AGAINSAY
  To gainsay. Wyclif.
• SELF-DETERMINATION
  Determination by one's self; or, determination of one's acts or states without the necessitating force of motives; -- applied to the voluntary or activity.