Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to contradict
Participle: contradicted
Gerund: contradicting
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | contradict |
| you | contradict |
| he;she;it | contradicts |
| we | contradict |
| you | contradict |
| they | contradict |
Perfect
| I | have contradicted |
| you | have contradicted |
| he;she;it | has contradicted |
| we | have contradicted |
| you | have contradicted |
| they | have contradicted |
Past
| I | contradicted |
| you | contradicted |
| he;she;it | contradicted |
| we | contradicted |
| you | contradicted |
| they | contradicted |
Pluperfect
| I | had contradicted |
| you | had contradicted |
| he;she;it | had contradicted |
| we | had contradicted |
| you | had contradicted |
| they | had contradicted |
Future
| I | will contradict |
| you | will contradict |
| he;she;it | will contradict |
| we | will contradict |
| you | will contradict |
| they | will contradict |
Future Perfect
| I | will have contradicted |
| you | will have contradicted |
| he;she;it | will have contradicted |
| we | will have contradicted |
| you | will have contradicted |
| they | will have contradicted |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | contradict |
| you | contradict |
| he;she;it | contradict |
| we | contradict |
| you | contradict |
| they | contradict |
Perfect
| I | have contradicted |
| you | have contradicted |
| he;she;it | have contradicted |
| we | have contradicted |
| you | have contradicted |
| they | have contradicted |
Imperfect
| I | contradicted |
| you | contradicted |
| he;she;it | contradicted |
| we | contradicted |
| you | contradicted |
| they | contradicted |
Pluperfect
| I | had contradicted |
| you | had contradicted |
| he;she;it | had contradicted |
| we | had contradicted |
| you | had contradicted |
| they | had contradicted |
Conditional
Present
| I | would contradict |
| you | would contradict |
| he;she;it | would contradict |
| we | would contradict |
| you | would contradict |
| they | would contradict |
Perfect
| I | would have contradicted |
| you | would have contradicted |
| he;she;it | would have contradicted |
| we | would have contradicted |
| you | would have contradicted |
| they | would have contradicted |
Imperative
| you | contradict |
| we | Let's contradict |
| you | contradict |
Verbs conjugated like 'contradict'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'contradict'
contradick,
contract,
constrict,
contact,
contracept,
contrast,
contrist,
centralise,
centralize,
coextract,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- deny
- repudiate, challenge, disclaim, dissent, gainsay, rebut, controvert, counter
- counter
- repudiate, belie, disprove, oppose, counteract, negate, cancel
Antonyms
- to back a cause, party, etc
- disapprove, oppose, approve
- deny
- accept, admit, affirm, acknowledge
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Derived from Latin contrādictus (“contradicted”), the past participle of contrādīcō (“speak against”) (originally two words).
Sample Sentences
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[...] and as he grew up, instinctively, all his sympathies and all his reasonings were in that line, and all mother's exhortations went to the winds. As to me, they sunk deep into me. She never contradicted, in form, anything my father said, or seemed directly to differ from him; but she impressed, burnt into my very soul, with all the force of her deep, earnest nature, an idea of the dignity and worth [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] capabilities of our mortality, or the ways in which He may encourage the desponding souls of the desolate ? If the poor forgotten slave believes that Jesus hath appeared and spoken to him, who shall contradict him ? Did He not say that his mission, in all ages, was to bind up the broken-hearted, and set at liberty them that are bruised ?
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)