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gainsaying
adjective as in negative
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- abrogating
- annulling
- anti
- con
- contrary
- contravening
- denying
- disallowing
- disavowing
- dissenting
- impugning
- invalidating
- jaundiced
- naysaying
- neutralizing
- nullifying
- opposing
- recusant
- refusing
- rejecting
- removed
- resisting
adjective as in opposed
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adjective as in opposed/opposing
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- against the grain
- allergic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- combating
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- dissentient
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- obstructive
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
adjective as in oppositional
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- adversarial
- adverse
- against the grain
- allergic
- antagonistic
- anti
- antipathetic
- antithetical
- antonymous
- at cross-purposes
- at odds
- averse
- battling
- clashing
- combating
- conflicting
- confronting
- contrary
- controverting
- counter
- crossing
- defending
- defensive
- denying
- disagreeing
- disputed
- disputing
- dissentient
- enemy
- exposing
- facing
- hostile
- in opposition
- incompatible
- inimical
- irreconcilable
- objecting
- obstructive
- opposed
- opposite
- protesting
- repelling
- restrictive
- rival
- up against
- warring
noun as in contradiction
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noun as in denial
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noun as in negation
noun as in palinode
noun as in recantation
noun as in retractation
noun as in retraction
noun as in traversal
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Example Sentences
There’s no gainsaying the hunger of many in the crowd at Chicago’s United Center, and of Democrats across the country, to see Trump behind bars.
Despite Wilde’s grandstanding and equivocation, there was no gainsaying the testimony of various rent-boys detailing carnal concurrence.
DeTrinis begins the show in the persona of an obsequiously agreeable guest at a party, braying with self-deprecating laughter and immediately gainsaying every opinion he ventures: “I love Adele! You’re right, I hate her.”
There is no gainsaying that top of the agenda in South African sport now is that black lives matter.
There’s no gainsaying that it wasn’t a perfectly adequate way to kill a couple of hours in Washington, or that for not a few visitors it was an eye-opening experience.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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