deny (redirected from denies)

de·ny  (d-n)

tr.v. de·nied, de·ny·ing, de·nies

1. To declare untrue; contradict.

2. To refuse to believe; reject.

3. To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.

4.

a. To decline to grant or allow; refuse: deny the student's request; denied the prisoner food or water.

b. To give a refusal to; turn down or away: The protesters were determined not to be denied.

c. To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.

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[Middle English denien, from Old French denier, from Latin dnegre : d-, de- + negre, to say no; see ne in Indo-European roots.]

Synonyms: deny, contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, traverse
These verbs mean to refuse to admit the existence, truth, or value of: denied the rumor; contradicted the statement; contravene a conclusion; disaffirm a suggestion; trying to gainsay the evidence; negated the allegations; traverse an indictment.

Antonym: affirm

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deny

Verb

[-nies, -nying, -nied]

1. to declare (a statement) to be untrue

2. to refuse to give or allow: we have been denied permission

3. to refuse to acknowledge: the baron denied his wicked son [Latin denegare]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	deny - declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" disclaim - make a disclaimer about; "He disclaimed any responsibility" repudiate - reject as untrue, unfounded, or unjust; "She repudiated the accusations" disavow - refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children" contradict, contravene, negate - deny the truth of acknowledge, admit - declare to be true or admit the existence or reality or truth of; "He admitted his errors"; "She acknowledged that she might have forgotten"
	2.	deny - refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his fatal illness" repudiate, disown, renounce - cast off; "She renounced her husband"; "The parents repudiated their son" abnegate - deny or renounce; "They abnegated their gods"
	3.	deny - refuse to grant, as of a petition or request; "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day" withhold, keep back - hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room"
	4.	deny - refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" refuse keep, hold on - retain possession of; "Can I keep my old stuffed animals?"; "She kept her maiden name after she married" abnegate, deny - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" withhold, keep back - hold back; refuse to hand over or share; "The father is withholding the allowance until the son cleans his room" grant, allow - let have; "grant permission"; "Mandela was allowed few visitors in prison"
	5.	deny - deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and spirits" abnegate deny, refuse - refuse to let have; "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" curb, hold in, control, moderate, contain, check, hold - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits; "moderate your alcohol intake"; "hold your tongue"; "hold your temper"; "control your anger"
	6.	deny - deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit traverse practice of law, law - the learned profession that is mastered by graduate study in a law school and that is responsible for the judicial system; "he studied law at Yale"
	7.	deny - refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter denied Jesus" disavow - refuse to acknowledge; disclaim knowledge of; responsibility for, or association with; "Her husband disavowed her after 30 years of marriage and six children"

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deny

verb 1. contradict, oppose, counter, disagree with, rebuff, negate, rebut, refute, gainsay (archaic), (literary) << OPPOSITE admit

verb 2. renounce, reject, discard, revoke, retract, repudiate, renege, disown, rebut, disavow, recant, disclaim, abjure, abnegate, refuse to acknowledge or recognize

verb 3. refuse, decline, forbid, reject, rule out, veto, turn down, prohibit, withhold, preclude, disallow, negate, begrudge, interdict << OPPOSITE permit

Translations

deny [dɪˈnaɪ] vt → negar [+ charge]; rechazar [+ report]; desmentir;

to deny o.s. → privarse (de);

he denies having said it → niega haberlo dicho

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deny [dɪˈnaɪ] vt → nier (= refuse); refuser (= disown); renier;

he denies having said it → il nie l'avoir dit

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deny [dɪˈnaɪ] vt → leugnen;

(involvement) → abstreiten;

(permission, chance) → verweigern;

(country, religion etc) → verleugnen;

he denies having said it → er leugnet or bestreitet, das gesagt zu haben

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deny [dɪˈnaɪ] vt → negare (= refuse); rifiutare;

he denies having said it → nega di averlo detto