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deny

English

  1. 🔊 declare untrue
    “He denied the allegations”
  2. 🔊 refuse to accept or believe
    “He denied his fatal illness”
  3. 🔊 refuse to recognize or acknowledge
    “Peter denied Jesus”
  4. 🔊 refuse to let have
    “She denies me every pleasure”
  5. 🔊 deny oneself (something)
    “She denied herself wine and spirits”
  6. 🔊 refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
    “The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses”
  7. 🔊 deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

Spanish

  1. 🔊 denegar to deny
  2. 🔊 desdecir to deny
  3. 🔊 negar to deny

Similar words

traverse refuse abnegate abandon abjure abstain answer answer conclusively argue down assert the contrary avoid back down back out backwater ban bar be contrary to begrudge belie brush aside call into question challenge chuck chuck out