All gainsaying synonyms
gain·say
G g noun gainsaying
- retract — to withdraw (a statement, opinion, etc.) as inaccurate or unjustified, especially formally or explicitly; take back.
- refutal — an act of refuting a statement, charge, etc.; disproof.
- recantation — to withdraw or disavow (a statement, opinion, etc.), especially formally; retract.
- contradiction — If you describe an aspect of a situation as a contradiction, you mean that it is completely different from other aspects, and so makes the situation confused or difficult to understand.
- traversal — to pass or move over, along, or through.
- adjuration — a solemn charge or command
- retraction — the act of retracting or the state of being retracted.
- controversion — (chiefly, archaic) controversy.
- palinode — a poem in which the poet retracts something said in an earlier poem.
- neutralization — the act, process, or an instance of neutralizing.
- forget it — certainly not
- nonacceptance — the act of taking or receiving something offered.
- denial — A denial of something is a statement that it is not true, does not exist, or did not happen.
- brush-off — a refusal to talk or listen to someone; abrupt or final dismissal or rebuff.
- volte-face — a turnabout, especially a reversal of opinion or policy.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.
- renouncement — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
- disavowal — a disowning; repudiation; denial.
- disproof — the act of disproving.
- contraversion — A turning to the opposite side; antistrophe.
- confutation — the act of confuting
- no way — refusal
- negation — the act of denying: He shook his head in negation of the charge.
adjective gainsaying
- obstructive — to block or close up with an obstacle; make difficult to pass: Debris obstructed the road.
- oppositional — the action of opposing, resisting, or combating.
- opposed — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- anti — You can refer to people who are opposed to a particular activity or idea as antis.
- up against — to, toward, or in a more elevated position: to climb up to the top of a ladder.
- against the grain — contrary to one's feelings, nature, wishes, etc.; irritating or displeasing
- privative — causing, or tending to cause, deprivation.
- negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- dissentient — dissenting, especially from the opinion of the majority.
- at odds — If someone is at odds with someone else, or if two people are at odds, they are disagreeing or quarrelling with each other.
- recusant — refusing to submit, comply, etc.