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All contradict synonyms

con·tra·dict
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verb contradict

  • contravene — To contravene a law or rule means to do something that is forbidden by the law or rule.
  • deny — When you deny something, you state that it is not true.
  • repudiate — to reject as having no authority or binding force: to repudiate a claim.
  • counter — In a place such as a shop or café, a counter is a long narrow table or flat surface at which customers are served.
  • differ — to be unlike, dissimilar, or distinct in nature or qualities (often followed by from): The two writers differ greatly in their perceptions of the world. Each writer's style differs from that of another.
  • belie — If one thing belies another, it hides the true situation and so creates a false idea or image of someone or something.
  • disprove — to prove (an assertion, claim, etc.) to be false or wrong; refute; invalidate: I disproved his claim.
  • negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
  • buck — A buck is a US or Australian dollar.
  • traverse — to pass or move over, along, or through.
  • confront — If you are confronted with a problem, task, or difficulty, you have to deal with it.
  • challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
  • impugn — to challenge as false (another's statements, motives, etc.); cast doubt upon.
  • negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • cross — If you cross something such as a room, a road, or an area of land or water, you move or travel to the other side of it. If you cross to a place, you move or travel over a room, road, or area of land or water in order to reach that place.
  • disclaim — to deny or repudiate interest in or connection with; disavow; disown: disclaiming all participation.
  • controvert — to deny, refute, or oppose (some argument or opinion)
  • oppose — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
  • counteract — To counteract something means to reduce its effect by doing something that produces an opposite effect.
  • gainsay — to deny, dispute, or contradict.
  • dare — If you do not dare to do something, you do not have enough courage to do it, or you do not want to do it because you fear the consequences. If you dare to do something, you do something which requires a lot of courage.
  • dispute — to engage in argument or debate.
  • reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
  • refute — to prove to be false or erroneous, as an opinion or charge.
  • cancel — If you cancel something that has been arranged, you stop it from happening. If you cancel an order for goods or services, you tell the person or organization supplying them that you no longer wish to receive them.
  • undermine — to injure or destroy by insidious activity or imperceptible stages, sometimes tending toward a sudden dramatic effect.
  • cancel out — If one thing cancels out another thing, the two things have opposite effects, so that when they are combined no real effect is produced.
  • disaffirm — to deny; contradict.
  • take on — to get into one's hold or possession by voluntary action: to take a cigarette out of a box; to take a pen and begin to write.
  • thumbs down — the short, thick, inner digit of the human hand, next to the forefinger.
  • call in question — a sentence in an interrogative form, addressed to someone in order to get information in reply.
  • fly in the face of — to move through the air using wings.
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