All deny synonyms
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D d verb deny
- refuse β to decline to accept (something offered): to refuse an award.
- revoke β to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
- refute β to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
- 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.
- withhold β to hold back; restrain or check.
- oppose β to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- turn down β to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
- reject β to refuse to have, take, recognize, etc.: to reject the offer of a better job.
- ban β To ban something means to state officially that it must not be done, shown, or used.
- rebuff β a blunt or abrupt rejection, as of a person making advances.
- call on β If you call on someone to do something or call upon them to do it, you say publicly that you want them to do it.
- repudiate β to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
- disbelieve β to have no belief in; refuse or reject belief in: to disbelieve reports of UFO sightings.
- curb β If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
- negate β to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
- disown β to refuse to acknowledge as belonging or pertaining to oneself; deny the ownership of or responsibility for; repudiate; renounce: to disown one's heirs; to disown a published statement.
- forgo β to abstain or refrain from; do without.
- abjure β If you abjure something such as a belief or way of life, you state publicly that you will give it up or that you reject it.
- negative β expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- forbid β to command (a person) not to do something, have something, etc., or not to enter some place: to forbid him entry to the house.
- discredit β to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
- doubt β to be uncertain about; consider questionable or unlikely; hesitate to believe.
- restrain β to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
- disprove β to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
- forsake β to quit or leave entirely; abandon; desert: She has forsaken her country for an island in the South Pacific.
- contravene β To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
- veto β the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
- sacrifice β the offering of animal, plant, or human life or of some material possession to a deity, as in propitiation or homage.
- disallow β to refuse to allow; reject; veto: to disallow a claim for compensation.
- nullify β to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- begrudge β If you do not begrudge someone something, you do not feel angry, upset, or jealous that they have got it.
- taboo β proscribed by society as improper or unacceptable: Taboo language is usually bleeped on TV. Synonyms: prohibited, banned, forbidden, proscribed. Antonyms: allowed, permitted, permissible; sanctioned.
- abnegate β to deny to oneself; renounce (privileges, pleasure, etc)
- gainsay β to deny, dispute, or contradict.
- disclaim β to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
- spurn β to reject with disdain; scorn.
- disavow β to disclaim knowledge of, connection with, or responsibility for; disown; repudiate: He disavowed the remark that had been attributed to him.
- controvert β to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
- discard β to cast aside or dispose of; get rid of: to discard an old hat.
- recant β to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- rebut β to refute by evidence or argument.
- disagree β to fail to agree; differ: The conclusions disagree with the facts. The theories disagree in their basic premises.
- decline β If something declines, it becomes less in quantity, importance, or strength.
- renounce β to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- block β A block of flats or offices is a large building containing them.
- prevent β to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
- forswear β to reject or renounce under oath: to forswear an injurious habit.
- give up β the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- hold back β to elude or evade by a sudden shift of position or by strategy: to dodge a blow; to dodge a question.
- keep back β to hold or retain in one's possession; hold as one's own: If you like it, keep it. Keep the change.