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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