de·ny
(dĭ-nī́)
[Middle English denien, from Old French denier, from Latin dēnegāre, dē-, de-, + negāre, to say no.]
transitive verb: -nied, -ny·ing, -nies.
- To declare untrue; contradict.
- To refuse to believe; reject.
- To refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disavow.
- To decline to grant or allow; refuse: deny the student's request; denied the prisoner food or water.
- To give a refusal to; turn down or away: The protesters were determined not to be denied.
- To restrain (oneself) especially from indulgence in pleasures.
synonyms:
deny, contradict, contravene, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, traverse These verbs mean to refuse to admit the existence, truth, or value of: denied the rumor; contradicted the statement; contravene a conclusion; disaffirm a suggestion; trying to gainsay the evidence; negated the allegations; traverse an indictment.
Antonym: affirm
