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Synonyms for denial
Grammar : Noun |
Spell : dih-nahy-uhl |
Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈnaɪ əl |
Top 10 synonyms for denial
- abstaining
- cold shoulder
- controversion
- disallowance
- disavowal
- disclaimer
- dismissing
- disproof
- dissent
- forswearing
- gainsaying
- nay
- negation
- negative
- nix
- no way
- nonacceptance
- noncommittal
- prohibition
- protestation
- rebuff
- refraining
- refusing
- refutal
- refutation
- rejecting
- renegement
- renouncement
- renunciation
- repudiating
- repulse
- statement abnegation
- turndown
Définition of denial
Origin :- 1520s; see deny + -al (2). Replaced earlier denyance (mid-15c.). Meaning "unconscious suppression of painful or embarrassing feelings" first attested 1914 in A.A. Brill's translation of Freud's "Psychopathology of Everyday Life"; phrase in denial popularized 1980s.
- noun dismissal, refusal of belief in
- He bent closer to his companion, and spoke with a fierce intensity that brooked no denial.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Burke shook his head emphatically in denial of the allegation.
- Extract from : « Within the Law » by Marvin Dana
- Napoleon looked at his uncle the canon with indignation and denial on his face.
- Extract from : « The Boy Life of Napoleon » by Eugenie Foa
- I can't say whether she considered him an answer to her prayer, or a denial of it.
- Extract from : « It Happened in Egypt » by C. N. Williamson
- An excuse, instead of a denial, was the gentlest answer I received.
- Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
- "No," said the poor novice; but the denial came faint and irresolute from her lips.
- Extract from : « Leila, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- When she had uttered this denial, which he believed to be true, she asked him what he meant by disappearance?
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Denial explicit or reserved, expressed or left to be inferred, is still a lie.
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- Denial would be useless, and in denying, you would be untrue to yourself.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- For Shelley, this denial of time had become a conscious doctrine.
- Extract from : « Shelley, Godwin and Their Circle » by H. N. Brailsford
Antonyms for denial
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