Thesaurus / negativing
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synonyms for negativing
- assail
- contravene
- tar
- attack
- blast
- break
- contradict
- cross
- deny
- dispute
- gainsay
- knock
- negate
- negative
- oppose
- question
- resist
- slam
- smear
- traduce
- trash
- traverse
- zap
- call into question
- cast doubt upon
- come down on
- cut to shreds
- disaffirm
- pin something on
- put down
- run down
- skin alive
- stick it to
- swipe at
- throw doubt on
- throw the book at
- thumb nose at
- zing
- abolish
- abrogate
- annul
- discredit
- disqualify
- impair
- negate
- nullify
- overrule
- quash
- revoke
- undermine
- undo
- abate
- annihilate
- cancel
- counteract
- counterbalance
- negative
- neutralize
- nix
- offset
- overthrow
- refute
- unfit
- weaken
- blow sky-high
- circumduct
- disannul
- shoot full of holes
- X out
- stop
- annul
- cease
- counteract
- deaden
- defeat
- extinguish
- forbid
- halt
- negative
- neutralize
- nix
- nullify
- prohibit
- quash
- quell
- recant
- refuse
- revoke
- ruin
- smother
- stifle
- still
- suppress
- veto
- shut off
- turn out
- X out
- annihilate
- belie
- cancel out
- disallow
- disprove
- invalidate
- neutralize
- nullify
- rebut
- reverse
- undo
- vitiate
- void
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annul
- blackball
- cancel
- controvert
- countercheck
- cross
- deny
- ding
- dump
- frustrate
- gainsay
- impugn
- kill
- negative
- oppose
- quash
- redress
- refute
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- stonewall
- traverse
- break with
- disaffirm
- fly in the face of
- put down
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
- compensate for
- counterbalance
- negate
- nullify
- offset
- overcome
- redress
- subdue
- abrogate
- annul
- balance
- cancel
- conquer
- countercheck
- counterpoise
- countervail
- defeat
- frustrate
- invalidate
- negative
- override
- overrule
- undo
- deny
- disprove
- fend off
- invalidate
- negate
- quash
- refute
- break
- confound
- confute
- controvert
- cross
- defeat
- evert
- negative
- overturn
- repel
- repulse
- top
- come back at
- disconfirm
- get back at
- hold off
- keep off
- prove false
- stave off
- take on
- ward off
- amend
- correct
- counteract
- even out
- mend
- neutralize
- regulate
- remedy
- restore
- vindicate
- adjust
- annul
- balance
- cancel
- compensate
- countercheck
- ease
- frustrate
- negate
- negative
- recompense
- reform
- relieve
- repair
- revise
- square
- dial back
- make amends
- make reparation
- make restitution
- make up for
- pay for
- pay one's dues
- put right
- recalibrate
- turn around
- turn over new leaf
- turn things around
- cross
- balk
- buck
- check
- combat
- contest
- contravene
- counter
- counteract
- deny
- dispute
- duel
- fight
- frustrate
- gainsay
- hinder
- impede
- impugn
- negate
- obstruct
- oppose
- repel
- thwart
- disaffirm
- go against
- contradict
- negate
- repudiate
- confute
- contravene
- controvert
- deny
- disagree
- explode
- gainsay
- negative
- oppose
- disaffirm
- deny
- refuse
- reject
- rule out
- turn down
- ban
- blackball
- burn
- cut
- decline
- defeat
- disallow
- disapprove
- discountenance
- forbid
- interdict
- kill
- negate
- negative
- nix
- pass
- prohibit
- give thumbs down
- not go for
- pass by
- pass on
- put down
- shoot down
- throw away
- throw out
- thumbs-down
- fix
- improve
- repair
- abrogate
- annul
- balance
- better
- counteract
- counterbalance
- counterpoise
- countervail
- invalidate
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- nullify
- outweigh
- redress
- atone for
- cancel out
- make amends
- set off
- belie
- contravene
- counter
- deny
- differ
- disprove
- negate
- repudiate
- buck
- challenge
- confront
- controvert
- counteract
- cross
- dare
- disclaim
- dispute
- gainsay
- impugn
- negative
- oppose
- traverse
- call in question
- disaffirm
- fly in the face of
- have bone to pick
- refuse to accept
- take on
- thumbs-down
- cancel out
- correct
- counterbalance
- halt
- negate
- neutralize
- offset
- prevent
- rectify
- redress
- resist
- thwart
- annul
- buck
- cancel
- check
- contravene
- countercheck
- countervail
- cross
- defeat
- fix
- foil
- frustrate
- hinder
- invalidate
- negative
- oppose
- right
- counterwork
- go against
- ban
- call on
- contradict
- oppose
- rebuff
- refuse
- refute
- reject
- revoke
- turn down
- withhold
- abjure
- abnegate
- begrudge
- contravene
- controvert
- curb
- disallow
- disavow
- disbelieve
- discard
- disclaim
- discredit
- disown
- disprove
- doubt
- eschew
- exclude
- forbid
- forgo
- forsake
- gainsay
- negate
- negative
- nullify
- rebut
- recant
- repudiate
- restrain
- sacrifice
- spurn
- taboo
- veto
- disacknowledge
- enjoin from
- hold back
- keep back
- not buy
- say no to
- take exception to
- turn thumbs down
- contradict
- disclaim
- disown
- forswear
- impugn
- repudiate
- abjure
- deny
- disallow
- gainsay
- negate
- negative
- refuse
- renege
- disacknowledge
- drop out
- go back on word
- wash hands of
- weasel out of
- worm out of
- belie
- confound
- contradict
- discredit
- impugn
- invalidate
- negate
- rebut
- refute
- break
- confute
- contravene
- controvert
- deny
- explode
- expose
- negative
- overthrow
- overturn
- puncture
- shoot
- traverse
- weaken
- blow sky-high
- blow up
- disconfirm
- find unfounded
- knock bottom out of
- knock the props out (from under)
- poke holes in
- set aside
- shoot holes in
- tear down
- throw out
- 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 negativing in a sentence
She looked down, and shook her head, as if negativing his proposal with obstinate decision.
PEVERIL OF THE PEAKSIR WALTER SCOTTThat is passing by this Convention altogether; it is negativing the States represented in it.
A REPORT OF THE DEBATES AND PROCEEDINGS IN THE SECRET SESSIONS OF THE CONFERENCE CONVENTIONLUCIUS EUGENE CHITTENDENThis negativing of limits by the imagination is the positing of omniscience as a divine power and reality.
THE ESSENCE OF CHRISTIANITYLUDWIG FEUERBACHThis they proceeded to do, negativing absolutely my desire to accompany them.
GOLDSTEWART WHITEIt even referred directly to one of my tentative hypotheses, at once negativing it and giving another altogether satisfactory.
THE STORY OF ANNA KINGSFORD AND EDWARD MAITLAND AND OF THE NEW GOSPEL OF INTERPRETATIONEDWARD MAITLANDIndeed, the other House had exercised this right in negativing the repeal of the law relative to the manning of these vessels.
ABRIDGMENT OF THE DEBATES OF CONGRESS, FROM 1789 TO 1856, VOL. II (OF 16)THOMAS HART BENTONA large share of the work done was directed to assuring or negativing previous results.
A POPULAR HISTORY OF ASTRONOMY DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURYAGNES M. (AGNES MARY) CLERKEOne fact with which it is positively inconsistent is worth as much, and as powerful in negativing the hypothesis, as five hundred.
A CRITICAL EXAMINATION OF THE POSITION OF MR. DARWIN'S WORK, "ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES," IN RELATION TO THE COMPLETE THEORY OF THE CAUSES OF THE PHENOMENA OF ORGANIC NATURETHOMAS H. HUXLEY