gainsaying

Meaning of gainsaying

verb, gerund or present participle
  1. deny or contradict (a fact or statement).
    the impact of the railways cannot be gainsaid

Middle English: from obsolete gain- ‘against’ + say.

Information about gainsaying

  • It is a verb.
  • The plural form of gainsaying is: gainsayings.
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Hyphenation of gainsaying

gain-say-ing

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 10 chars.
  • gainsaying is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

gainsaying synonyms

Meaning state that one refuses to admit the truth or existence of:

deny

Meaning question whether (a statement or alleged fact) is true or valid:

dispute

Meaning deny the truth of (a statement) by asserting the opposite:

contradict

Meaning deny the truth or validity of:

repudiate

Meaning dispute the truth or validity of:

challenge

Meaning actively resist (a person or system):

oppose

Meaning engage in competition to attain (a position of power):

contest

Meaning a long flat-topped fitment across which business is conducted in a shop or bank or refreshments are served in a cafeteria:

counter

Meaning prove that (something) is false:

disprove

Meaning expose the falseness or hollowness of (an idea or belief):

debunk

Meaning show (a belief or theory) to be false or unfounded:

explode

Meaning harm the good reputation of:

discredit

Meaning deny or contradict (a statement or accusation):

refute

Meaning claim or prove that (evidence or an accusation) is false:

rebut

Meaning repudiate; declare void:

disaffirm

Meaning deny the truth of (something):

controvert

Meaning prove (a person or an assertion or accusation) to be wrong:

confute

gainsaying antonyms

Meaning establish the truth or correctness of (something previously believed or suspected to be the case):

confirm

Words that rhyme with gainsaying

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