/ English Dictionary |
GAINSAY
Pronunciation (US): | (GB): |
Irregular inflected form: gainsaid
I. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they gainsay ... he / she / it gainsays
Past simple: gainsaid
-ing form: gainsaying
Sense 1
Meaning:
Example:
She challenged his claims
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "gainsay" is one way to...):
contend; contest; repugn (to make the subject of dispute, contention, or litigation)
"Gainsay" entails doing...:
call into question; oppugn; question (challenge the accuracy, probity, or propriety of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "gainsay"):
call (challenge the sincerity or truthfulness of)
call (challenge (somebody) to make good on a statement; charge with or censure for an offense)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody