Word Meanings - DISPROVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database
1. To prove to be false or erroneous; to confute; to refute. That false supposition I advanced in order to disprove it. Atterbury. 2. To disallow; to disapprove of. Stirling.
Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of DISPROVE)
- Contradict
- Oppose
- dissent
- negative
- controvert
- deny
- disprove
- confute
- refute
- gainsay
- contravene
- Refute
- Negative
- neutralize
- repel
Related words: (words related to DISPROVE)
- REPELLENCE; REPELLENCY
The principle of repulsion; the quality or capacity of repelling; repulsion. - CONTRADICTABLE
Capable of being contradicting. - NEUTRALIZE
To render inert or imperceptible the peculiar affinities of, as a chemical substance; to destroy the effect of; as, to neutralize an acid with a base. 3. To destroy the peculiar or opposite dispositions of; to reduce to a state of indifference - 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 - 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 - 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, - NEGATIVENESS; NEGATIVITY
The quality or state of being negative. - GAINSAYER
One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies. "To convince the gainsayers." Tit. i. 9. - OPPOSELESS
Not to be effectually opposed; irresistible. "Your great opposeless wills." Shak. - CONTRADICTORILY
In a contradictory manner. Sharp. - CONTRADICTION
1. An assertion of the contrary to what has been said or affirmed; denial of the truth of a statement or assertion; contrary declaration; gainsaying. His fair demands Shall be accomplished without contradiction. Shak. 2. Direct opposition - DISSENTIVE
Disagreeing; inconsistent. Feltham. - CONTRAVENER
One who contravenes. - REPELLENT
Driving back; able or tending to repel. - CONTROVERTIBLE
Capable of being controverted; disputable; admitting of question. -- Con`tro*ver"ti*bly, adv. - DISSENTIATE
To throw into a state of dissent. Feltham. - REPEL
1. To drive back; to force to return; to check the advance of; to repulse as, to repel an enemy or an assailant. Hippomedon repelled the hostile tide. Pope. They repelled each other strongly, and yet attracted each other strongly. Macaulay. 2. - DISSENTIOUS
Marked by dissensions; apt to breed discord; quarrelsome; contentious; factious. -- Dis*sen"tious*ly, adv. - CONTRADICTOR
A contradicter. - SELF-REPELLING
Made up of parts, as molecules or atoms, which mutually repel each other; as, gases are self-repelling. - AGAINSAY
To gainsay. Wyclif.