All prove antonyms
prove
P p verb prove
- demystifying β Present participle of demystify.
- bandied β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- fracturing β Present participle of fracture.
- hash over β a dish of diced or chopped meat and often vegetables, as of leftover corned beef or veal and potatoes, sautΓ©ed in a frying pan or of meat, potatoes, and carrots cooked together in gravy.
- contradict β If you contradict someone, you say that what they have just said is wrong, or suggest that it is wrong by saying something different.
- hold off β to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- knock around β to strike a sounding blow with the fist, knuckles, or anything hard, especially on a door, window, or the like, as in seeking admittance, calling attention, or giving a signal: to knock on the door before entering.
- bandying β to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
- break β When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- counter check β a check available at a bank for the use of depositors in making withdrawals, orig. kept in supply on a counter
- discept β To debate; to discuss.
- debunk β If you debunk a widely held belief, you show that it is false. If you debunk something that is widely admired, you show that it is not as good as people think it is.
- get back to β resume
- counter-checking β a check that opposes or restrains.
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- fractured β the breaking of a bone, cartilage, or the like, or the resulting condition. Compare comminuted fracture, complete fracture, compound fracture, greenstick fracture, simple fracture.
- evert β Turn (a structure or organ) outward or inside out.
- confute β to prove (a person or thing) wrong, invalid, or mistaken; disprove
- altercate β to argue, esp heatedly; dispute
- everted β Simple past tense and past participle of evert.
- flare up β to burn with an unsteady, swaying flame, as a torch or candle in the wind.
- cast down β If someone is cast down by something, they are sad or worried because of it.
- guesstimated β Simple past tense and past participle of guesstimate.
- dare say β to think likely; suppose
- call in question β a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
- daresay β Dare say (in the sense of \"think something to be probable\").
- countercheck β a check or restraint, esp one that acts in opposition to another
- bankrupted β Law. a person who upon his or her own petition or that of his or her creditors is adjudged insolvent by a court and whose property is administered for and divided among his or her creditors under a bankruptcy law.
- counterclaim β a claim set up in opposition to another, esp by the defendant in a civil action against the plaintiff
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- controvert β to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
- belie β If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
- lump it β accept sth unpleasant
- burn down β If a building burns down or if someone burns it down, it is completely destroyed by fire.
- do justice to β to show to full advantage
- explode β Burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, decomposition, excessive internal pressure, or other process, typically scattering fragments widely.
- disconfirming β Not confirming.
- conjecture β A conjecture is a conclusion that is based on information that is not certain or complete.
- counterplot β a plot designed to frustrate another plot
- let go β to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- fly in the face of β to move through the air using wings.
- beat down β When the sun beats down, it is very hot and bright.
- guess β to arrive at or commit oneself to an opinion about (something) without having sufficient evidence to support the opinion fully: to guess a person's weight.
- cancel out β If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
- guesstimate β to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- give the lie to β a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
- gloss over β an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- mooting β Present participle of moot.
- miscolor β to give a wrong color to.