Naysay

Quick meaning: Naysay is a noun meaning (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say.

Meaning

(chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say.

More Meanings

1. (chiefly US) Alternative spelling of nay-say (“say no to; deny, disagree, or oppose”)

Example Sentences

I shall nowise naysay thee this, for I love thee, and now and ever shalt thou be unto me as a brother, .

And her bare feet fell to telling her clad sides of the sweet coolness of the water, and waited for no naysay, .

He advises that board members must have solid knowledge of business in general and be independent enough to naysay the owner at times.

This amount of bureaucratic surveillance and cross-referencing is very resonant of East Germany (whatever the paranoia accusing naysayers naysay) .

Word Forms

• naysays
• naysaying
• naysaid

Synonyms for naysay

Depending on context, synonyms include gainsay.

Antonyms for naysay

Common opposites include yeasay.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include malarky, mullarkey, yeyo, nursy, mallarky, yewy.

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