gainˇsay
gainˇsay/ˌɡānˈsā/
verb
deny or contradict (a fact or statement).
"the impact of the railroads cannot be gainsaid"
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, shoot full of holes, shoot down (in flames), disaffirm, controvert, confute
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1. to declare to be untrue or invalid 2. contradict, oppose did not dare to gainsay the king gainsayer noun
verb (used with object) , gainˇsaid, gainˇsayˇing. to deny, dispute, or contradict. to speak or act against; oppose.
Gainsay, a verb, means "contradict" or "speak out against." When you challenge authority, you gainsay, as in teachers don't like it when unruly students gainsay ...
6 days ago ˇ to refuse to accept something as the truth: Certainly there's no gainsaying (= it is not possible to doubt) the technical brilliance of his performance.
gainsay in American English ˇ 1. to deny ˇ 2. to contradict ˇ 3. to speak or act against; oppose. noun.
to deny or disagree with (something) : to show or say that (something) is not true — used in negative statements. There is no gainsaying such evidence.
to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another) repeatedly tried to gainsay me, though every point I made was backed up by facts.
gainsay something to say that something is not true; to disagree with or deny something synonym deny. Nobody can gainsay his claims. There is no gainsaying ...
Gainsaying. GAINSA'YING, participle present tense Contradicting; denying; opposing.
to say against, say in opposition to, equivalent to gain- + say. Compare Old Danish gensige (“to speak against; gainsay”), Swedish gensaga (“a speaking against ...