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DENIED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of deny 2. to say that something is not true: 3. it is true: . Learn more.
1. : to declare (something) to be untrue. They denied the allegations. 2. : to refuse to admit or acknowledge (something) : disavow. denied responsibility for the vandalism. 3. a. : to give a negative answer to. denying the petitioners. b. : to refuse to grant. deny a request. was denied a refund. c.
1. to declare (an assertion, statement, etc) to be untrue: he denied that he had killed her. 2. to reject as false; refuse to accept or believe. 3. to withhold; refuse to give. 4. to refuse to fulfil the requests or expectations of: it is hard to deny a child.
Denied definition: held or declared to be untrue. See examples of DENIED used in a sentence.
To deny means refuse to accept, recognize, or believe. You can deny your sweet tooth all you want, but the stash of candy in your desk tells a different story. It's hard to deny what etymologists have proven: deny is rooted in the Latin word denegare, which means “to deny, reject, refuse.”.
The gift she had longed for her entire life was finally and absolutely to be denied to her.
1. dispute, controvert, oppose, gainsay. Deny, contradict both imply objecting to or arguing against something. To deny is to say that something is not true: to deny an allegation. To contradict is to declare that the contrary is true: to contradict a statement. 5. renounce, abjure.
verb (used with object) , de·nied, de·ny·ing. to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true: to deny an accusation. Synonyms: gainsay, oppose, controvert, dispute. Antonyms: concede, accept, admit. to refuse to agree or accede to: to deny a petition.
verb. Simple past tense and past participle of deny. Wiktionary. Synonyms: contradicted. controverted. gainsaid. traversed. oppugned. negated. contravened. refused. withheld. disallowed. repudiated. forsworn. revoked. rebutted. disclaimed. Antonyms: accepted. admitted. affirmed. corroborated. conceded. acknowledged. agreed. confessed. allowed.
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