gainsay

gain·say

 (gān-sā′, gān′sā′)

tr.v. gain·said (-sād′, -sĕd′), gain·say·ing, gain·says (-sāz′, -sĕz′)

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).

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[Middle English gainsayen : gain-, against (from Old English gegn-) + sayen, to say (from Old English secgan; see say).]

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gain·say′er n.

gainsay

(ɡeɪnˈseɪ)

vb, -says, -saying or -said

(tr) archaic or literary to deny (an allegation, a statement, etc); contradict

[C13 gainsaien, from gain- against + saien to say¹]

gainˈsayer n

gain•say

(ˈgeɪnˌseɪ, geɪnˈseɪ)

v.t. -said, -say•ing.

1. to deny; dispute; contradict.

2. to speak or act against; oppose.

[1250–1300; Middle English gainsaien; see again, say]

gain′say`er, n.

gainsay

Past participle: gainsaid
Gerund: gainsaying

Imperative

gainsay

gainsay

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

gainsay - take exception to; "She challenged his claims" challenge, dispute call - challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of; "call the speaker on a question of fact" call - challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense; "He deserves to be called on that" contest, repugn, contend - to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation; "They contested the outcome of the race"

gainsay

verb deny, dispute, disagree with, contradict, contravene, rebut, controvert There was no-one to gainsay this assertion.
back, support, confirm, agree with

gainsay

verb

To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of:

contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, negate, negative, oppugn.

Law: traverse.

Translations

contredire

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negare

motsi

возражатьотрицать

gainsay

[ˌgeɪnˈseɪ] (gainsaid (pt, pp)) VT (liter) → contradecir, negar
it cannot be gainsaid → es innegable

gainsay

[ˌgeɪnˈseɪ] vt → nier

gainsay

vt pret, ptp <gainsaid> → widersprechen (+dat); fact → (ab)leugnen, bestreiten; evidence, argument → widerlegen; it/the facts cannot be gainsaid → es lässt/die Tatsachen lassen sich nicht leugnen; there is no gainsaying his honesty → seine Ehrlichkeit lässt sich nicht leugnen

gainsay

[ˌgeɪnˈseɪ] (gainsaid (pt, pp)) [ˌgeɪnˈsɛd] vt (frm) (fact, argument) → contestare, negare; (person) → contraddire