Antonyms for affirming

Grammar : Verb

Spell : uh-furm

Phonetic Transcription : əˈfɜrm

Definition of affirming

Origin : c.1300, from Old French afermier (Modern French affirmer) "affirm, confirm; strengthen, consolidate," from Latin affirmare "to make steady, strengthen," figuratively "confirm, corroborate," from ad- "to" (see ad-) + firmare "strengthen, make firm," from firmus "strong" (see firm (adj.)). Spelling refashioned 16c. in French and English on Latin model. Related: Affirmed; affirming.

verb declare the truth of something

Example sentences :

He concluded by affirming that he could not start in less time than seven or eight days.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

She took his part, affirming that he would not have been so wicked if it had not been for the drink.
Extract from : « L'Assommoir » by Emile Zola

Do you see then, Socrates, how great is the difficulty of affirming the ideas to be absolute?
Extract from : « Parmenides » by Plato

He hurried off a moment later, affirming that he was late at the bank already.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

In affirming this he did his work injustice: it was much more than that.
Extract from : « Erasmus and the Age of Reformation » by Johan Huizinga

We must value everything in its own kind, affirming what it is, and not regretting what it is not.
Extract from : « The Gate of Appreciation » by Carleton Noyes

I have no hesitation in affirming that it is a perfect masterpiece in its kind.
Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan

Cedarquist had excused himself, affirming that he must look out for his women folk.
Extract from : « The Octopus » by Frank Norris

M. Villey quotes Diderot as affirming that the blind cannot imagine.
Extract from : « Essays Towards a Theory of Knowledge » by Alexander Philip

Whether this refers to Miss Barbara or not, there is no affirming.
Extract from : « History of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. XVIII. (of XXI.) » by Thomas Carlyle

Synonyms for affirming

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