Synonyms for contradict

Grammar : Verb

Spell : kon-truh-dikt

Phonetic Transcription : ˌkɒn trəˈdɪkt

Top 10 synonyms for contradict

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Définition of contradict

Origin : 1570s, "speak against," also "assert the contrary" (1580s), from Latin contradictus, past participle of contradicere (see contradiction). Related: Contradicted; contradicting; contradictive.

verb be at variance with

Example sentences :

The coward would not have the courage to contradict her, but he would know if he were lying!
Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

"My dear, I am not contradicting; I am not well enough to contradict," panted poor Jenkins.
Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood

Yet Shakspere will not contradict history, even in its silence.
Extract from : « A Dish Of Orts » by George MacDonald

She was so determined to be well, that her body dared not contradict her mind.
Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth

If you like to say Dolly began it, my dear, I shall not contradict you.
Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens

It's not true—I know it's not true, and I want them to be able to contradict such a story.
Extract from : « Thankful's Inheritance » by Joseph C. Lincoln

For he is compelled to contradict himself as soon as he makes the attempt.
Extract from : « Sophist » by Plato

But can we contradict one another, said Dionysodorus, when both of us are describing the same thing?
Extract from : « Euthydemus » by Plato

"Which would be that we were to 'bout ship and home again," says he; and that I did not contradict.
Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton

His wife did not contradict his assertion, but she made one of her own.
Extract from : « Shavings » by Joseph C. Lincoln

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