English Explanatory Dictionary

deny

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To disallow or reject.
To assert that something is not true.
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
To prevent from scoring.
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
To refuse (to do or accept something).

Pronunciation

/dɪˈnaɪ/ /dəˈnaɪ/ /dɪ-/ /di-/ en-us-deny.ogg /ɖɪˈnɑj/ [ɖɪˈnäːj] /ˈɖɪn.əj/ [ɖɪ(n).nɐj]

Word forms

deny denies denying denied no-table-tags glossary denyed deniest denieth

Etymology

From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.

Synonyms

contradict disclaim gainsay refute withsay forswear renounce abjure deny disavow disown forsay repudiate wash one's hands of

Antonyms

allow grant affirm confirm

Related words

denial

Derived words

delie deniability deniable deniance denier denyingly deny of deny oneself indeniably justice delayed is justice denied redeny self-denying undeniable undeniably undenied

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