Word of the Day -Gainsay

• Verb: Gainsay (gainsaid, gainsaying, gainsays)
  1. to declare to be untrue or invalid (intransitive verb)
  2. contradict, oppose
  3. gainsayer is the noun
• Synonyms:
  1.  deny
  2. refute
  3. reject
  4. contradict
  5. disavow
  6. disclaim
  7. negate
  8. repudiate
  9. disallow
  10. disown
  11. disaffirm
  12. disconfirm
  13. disprove
  14. rebut
  15. challenge
• Usage:
  1. “The sons of the Achaeans shouted applause at the words of Diomed, and presently Nestor rose to speak. “Son of Tydeus,” said he, “in war your prowess is beyond question, and in council you excel all who are of your own years; no one of the Achaeans can make light of what you say nor gainsay it, but you have not yet come to the end of the whole matter.”
• Encountered:
  1.  While listening to Samuel Butler’s prose translation of The Iliad

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