GAINSAY (gainsaid)

Pronunciation (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does gainsay mean? 

• GAINSAY (verb)
  The verb GAINSAY has 1 sense:

1. take exception to

  Familiarity information: GAINSAY used as a verb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GAINSAY (verb)

Meaning:

Take exception to

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

challenge; dispute; gainsay

Context example:

She challenged his claims

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