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gainsayverb to declare not to be trueit can't be gainsaid that most people wish they had more time and money contradict, deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, negate, negative, refute, reject, repudiate traversechallenge, confute, disprove, rebutdisagree (with), dispute acknowledge, admit, allow, avow, concede, confirm, own accept, adopt, embrace, espouseaffirm, announce, assert, aver, claim, declare, maintain, profess, submitauthenticate, corroborate, substantiate, validate, verify to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts contradict, disagree (with) challenge, contest, dispute, questionconfute, rebut, refutecross, fight, oppose, resist agree (with), concur (with) confirm, corroborate, substantiate, verifyattest, authenticate, avouch, certify, testify (to), vouch (for), witness deny, gainsay, contradict, contravene mean to refuse to accept as true or valid.deny implies a firm refusal to accept as true, to grant or concede, or to acknowledge the existence or claims of.denied the charges gainsay implies disputing the truth of what another has said.no one can gainsay her claims contradict implies an open or flat denial.her account contradicts his contravene implies not so much an intentional opposition as some inherent incompatibility.laws that contravene tradition in the 14th century |