verb (used with object), de·nied, de·ny·ing.
1.
to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true: to deny an accusation.
2.
to refuse to agree or accede to: to deny a petition.
3.
to withhold the possession, use, or enjoyment of: to deny access to secret information.
4.
to withhold something from, or refuse to grant a request of: to deny a beggar.
5.
to refuse to recognize or acknowledge; disown; disavow; repudiate: to deny one's gods.
8.
deny oneself, to refrain from satisfying one's desires or needs; practice self-denial.
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Related forms
de·ny·ing·ly, adverb
pre·de·ny, verb (used with object), pre·de·nied, pre·de·ny·ing.
re·de·ny, verb (used with object), re·de·nied, re·de·ny·ing.
un·de·nied, adjective
Can be confused: deny, disapprove, disprove, rebut, refute (see synonym study at the current entry).
Synonyms
1. dispute, controvert, oppose, gainsay. Deny, contradict both imply objecting to or arguing against something. To deny is to say that something is not true: to deny an allegation. To contradict is to declare that the contrary is true: to contradict a statement. 5. renounce, abjure.
1. dispute, controvert, oppose, gainsay. Deny, contradict both imply objecting to or arguing against something. To deny is to say that something is not true: to deny an allegation. To contradict is to declare that the contrary is true: to contradict a statement. 5. renounce, abjure.
Antonyms
1. admit, accept. 3. allow.
1. admit, accept. 3. allow.
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| —vb , -nies, -nying, -nied | |
| 1. | to declare (an assertion, statement, etc) to be untrue: he denied that he had killed her |
| 2. | to reject as false; refuse to accept or believe |
| 3. | to withhold; refuse to give |
| 4. | to refuse to fulfil the requests or expectations of: it is hard to deny a child |
| 5. | to refuse to acknowledge or recognize; disown; disavow: the baron denied his wicked son |
| 6. | to refuse (oneself) things desired |
| [C13: from Old French denier, from Latin dēnegāre, from negāre] | |
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Word Origin & History
deny
c.1300, from O.Fr. denier, from L. denegare, from de- "away" + negare "refuse, say 'no,' " from Old L. nec "not," from Italic base *nek- "not," from PIE base *ne- "no, not" (see un-).
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Example sentences
But few of us as yet are prepared to deny political toleration to those who now block such changes.
Sugar executives do not deny that they lobbied hard.
We can no longer deny that our hardest task is not to create openings, but to fill them.
Both can exist and thus, it merely makes the formation of the earth more interesting but does not deny scientific evidence either.
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