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contradictverb to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another)no matter what I say, you always have to contradict me disagree (with), gainsay 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 to declare not to be truehis account contradicted the story that they had gotten earlier deny, disaffirm, disallow, disavow, disclaim, disconfirm, disown, gainsay, 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 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 1582 |