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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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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.
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.
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.
1. to deny. 2. to contradict. 3. to speak or act against; oppose. noun. 4. a gainsaying.
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.
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.
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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).
