Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to naysay
Participle: naysaid
Gerund: naysaying
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | naysay |
| you | naysay |
| he;she;it | naysays |
| we | naysay |
| you | naysay |
| they | naysay |
Perfect
| I | have naysaid |
| you | have naysaid |
| he;she;it | has naysaid |
| we | have naysaid |
| you | have naysaid |
| they | have naysaid |
Past
| I | naysaid |
| you | naysaid |
| he;she;it | naysaid |
| we | naysaid |
| you | naysaid |
| they | naysaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had naysaid |
| you | had naysaid |
| he;she;it | had naysaid |
| we | had naysaid |
| you | had naysaid |
| they | had naysaid |
Future
| I | will naysay |
| you | will naysay |
| he;she;it | will naysay |
| we | will naysay |
| you | will naysay |
| they | will naysay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have naysaid |
| you | will have naysaid |
| he;she;it | will have naysaid |
| we | will have naysaid |
| you | will have naysaid |
| they | will have naysaid |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | naysay |
| you | naysay |
| he;she;it | naysay |
| we | naysay |
| you | naysay |
| they | naysay |
Perfect
| I | have naysaid |
| you | have naysaid |
| he;she;it | have naysaid |
| we | have naysaid |
| you | have naysaid |
| they | have naysaid |
Imperfect
| I | naysaid |
| you | naysaid |
| he;she;it | naysaid |
| we | naysaid |
| you | naysaid |
| they | naysaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had naysaid |
| you | had naysaid |
| he;she;it | had naysaid |
| we | had naysaid |
| you | had naysaid |
| they | had naysaid |
Conditional
Present
| I | would naysay |
| you | would naysay |
| he;she;it | would naysay |
| we | would naysay |
| you | would naysay |
| they | would naysay |
Perfect
| I | would have naysaid |
| you | would have naysaid |
| he;she;it | would have naysaid |
| we | would have naysaid |
| you | would have naysaid |
| they | would have naysaid |
Imperative
| you | naysay |
| we | Let's naysay |
| you | naysay |
Verbs conjugated like 'naysay'
againsay,
appay,
assay,
belay,
enlay,
forelay,
foresay,
forlay,
forsay,
gainsay,
inlay,
interlay,
lay,
mislay,
mispay,
missay,
outlay,
outstay,
overlay,
overpay, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'naysay'
nay-say,
assay,
waylay,
abray,
allay,
amay,
apay,
appay,
array,
atray,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From nay + say.
Sample Sentences
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I shall nowise naysay thee this, for I love thee, and now and ever shalt thou be unto me as a brother, ... [1897, William Morris, “Chapter VI. Of the Sundering of Birdalone from Gerard and His Sons”, in The Water of the Wondrous Isles (Fantasy), Project Gutenberg, published 2005:]
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He advises that board members must have solid knowledge of business in general and be independent enough to naysay the owner at times. [2008 Jan, Arden Dale, “Want to Sell a Business? You May Not Be Ready.”, in Wall Street Journal:]
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This amount of bureaucratic surveillance and cross-referencing is very resonant of East Germany (whatever the paranoia accusing naysayers naysay) ... [2009 Nov, Nicholas, “The March of the Surveillance State, comments”, in Spectator, UK, column by Alex Massie:]