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synonyms for gainsay
- combat
- contravene
- controvert
- cross
- deny
- disagree
- disclaim
- disprove
- dispute
- fight
- impugn
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- refute
- repudiate
- resist
- traverse
- withstand
- disaffirm
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How to use gainsay in a sentence
But it will be a cost, and it will be large -- nobody can gainsay that.
You Still Can't Wish Away the Facts on Immigration Amnesty | David Frum | May 13, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAs long as the United States was the economic primus inter pares, those arguments were hard to gainsay.
I ne'er heard yet that any of these bolder vices wanted less impudence to gainsay what they did, than to perform it first.
Pearls of Thought | Maturin M. Ballou
It was hard to make clear what the mate meant, but all to a 22 certain extent understood, and no one ventured to gainsay it.
Adrift on the Pacific | Edward S. EllisThere was that about me to stir surprise; with those 14 generous days so long gone by, I will not gainsay it.
The Cruise of the Shining Light | Norman Duncan"I cannot gainsay your statement," the Count de Montego said.
Under Wellington's Command | G. A. HentyIt would seem that he could not gainsay her words, for he made no reply.
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