Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to deny
Participle: denied
Gerund: denying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | deny |
| you | deny |
| he;she;it | denies |
| we | deny |
| you | deny |
| they | deny |
Perfect
| I | have denied |
| you | have denied |
| he;she;it | has denied |
| we | have denied |
| you | have denied |
| they | have denied |
Past
| I | denied |
| you | denied |
| he;she;it | denied |
| we | denied |
| you | denied |
| they | denied |
Pluperfect
| I | had denied |
| you | had denied |
| he;she;it | had denied |
| we | had denied |
| you | had denied |
| they | had denied |
Future
| I | will deny |
| you | will deny |
| he;she;it | will deny |
| we | will deny |
| you | will deny |
| they | will deny |
Future Perfect
| I | will have denied |
| you | will have denied |
| he;she;it | will have denied |
| we | will have denied |
| you | will have denied |
| they | will have denied |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | deny |
| you | deny |
| he;she;it | deny |
| we | deny |
| you | deny |
| they | deny |
Perfect
| I | have denied |
| you | have denied |
| he;she;it | have denied |
| we | have denied |
| you | have denied |
| they | have denied |
Imperfect
| I | denied |
| you | denied |
| he;she;it | denied |
| we | denied |
| you | denied |
| they | denied |
Pluperfect
| I | had denied |
| you | had denied |
| he;she;it | had denied |
| we | had denied |
| you | had denied |
| they | had denied |
Conditional
Present
| I | would deny |
| you | would deny |
| he;she;it | would deny |
| we | would deny |
| you | would deny |
| they | would deny |
Perfect
| I | would have denied |
| you | would have denied |
| he;she;it | would have denied |
| we | would have denied |
| you | would have denied |
| they | would have denied |
Imperative
| you | deny |
| we | Let's deny |
| you | deny |
Verbs conjugated like 'deny'
accompany,
acetify,
acidify,
adsignify,
affy,
alacrify,
alkalify,
ally,
amnesty,
amplify,
angelify,
anglicify,
anglify,
apology,
apply,
arefy,
argufy,
astony,
atrophy,
avowtry, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'deny'
defy,
den,
denay,
dent,
bend,
benny,
dang,
dank,
day,
dead,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.
- repudiate
- dispute
- traverse, contradict, disagree, contravene, controvert, disprove, cross, negate
- reject
- abjure, disavow, renounce
- disown
- disclaim, disallow, refuse, repudiate, withhold
Antonyms
- to admit to the truth
- abjure, disavow, disclaim, disown, reject, confess
- to give approval
- decline, disapprove, disassent, dissent, object, oppose, reject, assent
- dispute
- agreement, harmony, unity, amity
- reject
- welcome, admit, select, choose
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From Middle English denyen, from Old French denoier (“to deny, to repudiate”) (French dénier), from Latin denegare (“to deny, to refuse”), from de- (“away”) and negare (“to refuse”), the latter ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *né (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate. See: Middle English '
denyen', French '
dénier', Latin '
denegare'.
Sample Sentences
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[...] desire to show some confidence, and repose some trust, even in mad people, ’ said the resident physician, as we walked along the galleries, his patients flocking round us unrestrained. Of those who deny or doubt the wisdom of this maxim after witnessing its effects, if there be such people still alive, I can only say that I hope I may never be summoned as a Juryman on a Commission of Lunacy whereof [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] was seated at his loom, at work. He had been there six years, and was to remain, I think, three more. He had been convicted as a receiver of stolen goods, but even after his long imprisonment, denied his guilt, and said he had been hardly dealt by. It was his second offence.
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] consists of all those owners, breeders, users, buyers and sellers of slaves, who will, until the bloody chapter has a bloody end, own, breed, use, buy, and sell them at all hazards: who doggedly deny the horrors of the system in the teeth of such a mass of evidence as never was brought to bear on any other subject, and to which the experience of every day contributes its immense amount; who [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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[...] in the slave States is slavery, is it not ? Public opinion, in the slave States, has delivered the slaves over, to the gentle mercies of their masters. Public opinion has made the laws, and denied the slaves legislative protection. Public opinion has knotted the lash, heated the branding-iron, loaded the rifle, and shielded the murderer. Public opinion threatens the abolitionist with death, [...]
(American Notes for General Circulation)
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Topsy now confessed to the gloves, but still persisted in denying the ribbon.
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] he allays poor ? and have we, any on us, yet come so low as he come ? The Lord han't forgot us,—I 'm sartin ’ o ’ that ar ’. If we suffer with him, we shall also reign, Scripture says; but, if we deny Him, he also will deny us. Didn't they all suffer ? — the Lord and all his ? It tells how they was stoned and sawn asunder, and wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, and was [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] any on us, yet come so low as he come ? The Lord han't forgot us,—I 'm sartin ’ o ’ that ar ’. If we suffer with him, we shall also reign, Scripture says; but, if we deny Him, he also will deny us. Didn't they all suffer ? — the Lord and all his ? It tells how they was stoned and sawn asunder, and wandered about in sheep-skins and goat-skins, and was destitute, afflicted, tormented. [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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CHAPTER XL The Martyr “ Deem not the just by Heaven forgot ! Though life its common gifts deny, — Though, with a crushed and bleeding heart, And spurned of man, he goes to die ! For God hath marked each sorrowing day, And numbered every bitter tear, And heaven's long years of bliss shall pay [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] as the Irishman, the German, the Swede. Granted, they have. We _ought_ to be free to meet and mingle,—to rise by our individual worth, without any consideration of caste or color; and they who deny us this right are false to their own professed principles of human equality. We ought, in particular, to be allowed _here_. We have _more_ than the rights of common men; — we have the claim of an [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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[...] system, far beyond what are here shadowed, or can be shadowed ? Can it be otherwise ? Is _man_ ever a creature to be trusted with wholly irresponsible power ? And does not the slave system, by denying the slave all legal right of testimony, make every individual owner an irresponsible despot ? Can anybody fail to make the inference what the practical result will be ? If there is, as we admit, a [...]
(Uncle Tom’s Cabin)
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and... and mystery, and your spirit. And something in you which can't be denied.
(Four Letters of Love)