Deny

Quick meaning: Deny is a verb meaning (transitive) To disallow or reject.

Meaning

(transitive) To disallow or reject.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To assert that something is not true.
2. (ditransitive) To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
3. To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
4. (sports, transitive) To prevent from scoring.
5. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
6. (obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).

Example Sentences

I deny that I was at the party.

My father denied me a good education.

I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.

Everyone knows he committed the crime, but he still denies it.

Word Forms

• denies
• denying
• denied
• denyed
• deniest
• denieth

Synonyms for deny

Depending on context, synonyms include contradict, disclaim, gainsay, refute, withsay, forswear.

Antonyms for deny

Common opposites include allow, grant, affirm, confirm, acknowledge, admit.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include refuse, traverse, disallow, repudiate, disavowal, disavow.

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