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gainsay

/ɡeɪnˈseɪ

verb (past and past participle gainsaid /ɡeɪnˈsed/) [with object, with negative] formal

1Deny or contradict (a fact or statement): the impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid...

I'm not denying or gainsaying the fact that one could make a case.
These revisionists could not of course ultimately gainsay the fact that France was defeated.
In an era in which the very power of national governments of reformist pedigree to deliver reforms is under question, Labour gainsays the question.

Synonyms

deny, dispute, disagree with, argue with, dissent from, contradict, repudiate, declare untrue, challenge, oppose, contest, counter, fly in the face of;

disprove, debunk, explode, discredit, refute, rebut, brush aside

informal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames)

Law disaffirm

rare controvert, confute

1.1Speak against or oppose (someone): none could gainsay her...

My warnings over the last six years had been so numerous, so detailed, and were now so terribly vindicated, that no one could gainsay me.
He had a hot temper and a weekly column in which he could publicly tear to shreds anyone who dared gainsay him or meddle with his works.
The extremist can always argue that he is the better Muslim that the moderate - and no one can gainsay him.

Derivatives

gainsayer

noun ...

The Pope's funeral illustrated just how important religion still is to us all, whatever the gainsayers would have you believe
And with God as his ally, he can face the multitude of enemies and gainsayers who threaten him everywhere.
The phlegmatic attitude of continental Europeans to the euro puts British gainsayers to shame

Origin

Middle English: from obsolete gain- 'against' + say.

单词	gainsay
释义	gainsay /ɡeɪnˈseɪ / verb (past and past participle gainsaid /ɡeɪnˈsed/) [with object, with negative] formal 1Deny or contradict (a fact or statement): the impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid... I'm not denying or gainsaying the fact that one could make a case. These revisionists could not of course ultimately gainsay the fact that France was defeated. In an era in which the very power of national governments of reformist pedigree to deliver reforms is under question, Labour gainsays the question. Synonyms deny, dispute, disagree with, argue with, dissent from, contradict, repudiate, declare untrue, challenge, oppose, contest, counter, fly in the face of; disprove, debunk, explode, discredit, refute, rebut, brush aside informal shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames) Law disaffirm rare controvert, confute 1.1Speak against or oppose (someone): none could gainsay her... My warnings over the last six years had been so numerous, so detailed, and were now so terribly vindicated, that no one could gainsay me. He had a hot temper and a weekly column in which he could publicly tear to shreds anyone who dared gainsay him or meddle with his works. The extremist can always argue that he is the better Muslim that the moderate - and no one can gainsay him. Derivatives gainsayer noun ... The Pope's funeral illustrated just how important religion still is to us all, whatever the gainsayers would have you believe And with God as his ally, he can face the multitude of enemies and gainsayers who threaten him everywhere. The phlegmatic attitude of continental Europeans to the euro puts British gainsayers to shame Origin Middle English: from obsolete gain- 'against' + say. Rhymes affray, agley, aka, allay, Angers, A-OK, appellation contrôlée, array, assay, astray, au fait, auto-da-fé, away, aweigh, aye, bay, belay, betray, bey, Bombay, Bordet, boulevardier, bouquet, brae, bray, café au lait, Carné, cassoulet, Cathay, chassé, chevet, chez, chiné, clay, convey, Cray, crème brûlée, crudités, cuvée, cy-pres, day, decay, deejay, dégagé, distinguée, downplay, dray, Dufay, Dushanbe, eh, embay, engagé, essay, everyday, faraway, fay, fey, flay, fray, Frey, fromage frais, Gaye, Genet, giclee, gilet, glissé, gray, grey, halfway, hay, heigh, hey, hooray, Hubei, Hué, hurray, inveigh, jay, jeunesse dorée, José, Kay, Kaye, Klee, Kray, Lae, lay, lei, Littré, Lough Neagh, lwei, Mae, maguey, Malay, Mallarmé, Mandalay, Marseilles, may, midday, midway, mislay, misplay, Monterrey, Na-Dene, nay, né, née, neigh, Ney, noway, obey, O'Dea, okay, olé, outlay, outplay, outstay, outweigh, oyez, part-way, pay, Pei, per se, pince-nez, play, portray, pray, prey, purvey, qua, Quai d'Orsay, Rae, rangé, ray, re, reflet, relevé, roman-à-clef, Santa Fé, say, sei, Shar Pei, shay, slay, sleigh, sley, spae, spay, Spey, splay, spray, stay, straightaway, straightway, strathspey, stray, Sui, survey, sway, Taipei, Tay, they, today, tokay, Torbay, Tournai, trait, tray, trey, two-way, ukiyo-e, underlay, way, waylay, Wei, weigh, wey, Whangarei, whey, yea
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