Crossword-Solution: GAINSAY
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Gainsay | v. t. | To contradict; to deny; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid. |
We have 21 clues for the answer “GAINSAY”
| Clue | Answers |
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| to speak against/in opposition to someone | 1 answer |
| deny or contradict | 1 answer |
| Deny, as a fact | 1 answer |
| Give the lie to. | 2 answers |
| Declare false | 2 answers |
| Speak against. | 3 answers |
| Say no | 6 answers |
| TAKE exception to | 6 answers |
| swear off | 8 answers |
| DENY USE | 10 answers |
| disaffirm | 22 answers |
| belie | 23 answers |
| Withstand | 28 answers |
| contravene | 32 answers |
| Impugn | 34 answers |
| Contradict | 45 answers |
| Resist | 46 answers |
| Deny | 58 answers |
| Oppose | 64 answers |
| Chal-lenge | 70 answers |
| Dispute | 82 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TEEAR
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with GAINSAY (5)
Being as I am, why didst not thou the Head Command me absolutely not to go, Going into such danger as thou saidst? Too facil then thou didst not much gainsay, Nay, didst permit, approve, and fair dismiss.
But if it be not gone, then there may yet be another token." Then he stood upon his feet, and she cried out: "O but thou art fair and mighty, who now shall dare gainsay thee? Who shall not long for thee?" Said Ralph: "Look, love! how the sea comes over the sand like the creeping of a sly wood-snake! Shall we go hence and turn from the ocean-sea without wetting our bodies in its waters?" "Let us go," she said.
But when the homage was done, then the Marshal called together the wise men, and told them how the King that was had given him in charge his son as then unborn, and the ruling of the realm till the said son were come to man's estate: but he bade them seek one worthier if they had heart to gainsay the word of their dying lord.
And few, I reckon, our rights gainsay In this world of rapine and wrong, Where the weak and the timid seem lawful prey For the resolute and the strong; Fins, furs, and feathers, they are and were For our use and pleasure created, We can shoot, and hunt, and angle, and snare, Unquestioned, if not unsated.
That young politician, brimming with mysterious glances, offered to lend his convoy as far as to the high-road; and Otto, in fear of some residuary jealousy and for the girl’s sake, had not the courage to gainsay him; but he regarded his companion with uneasy glances, and devoutly wished the business at an end.
Quotes with GAINSAY (3)
At the age of twelve, before I had had one full year of formal schooling, I had a conception of life that no experience would ever erase, a predilection for what was real that no argument could ever gainsay, a sense of the world that was mine and mine alone, a notion as to what life meant that no education could ever alter, a conviction that the meaning of living came only when one was struggling to wring a meaning out of meaningless suffering.
SOSTRATUS: Observe then your injustice! You punish us who are but the slaves of Clotho's bidding, and reward these, who do but minister to another's beneficence. For it will never be said that it was in our power to gainsay the irresistible ordinances of Fate? MINOS: Ah, Sostratus; look closely enough, and you will find plenty of inconsistencies besides these. However, I see you are no common pirate, but a philosopher in your way; so much you have gained by your questions. Le…
Defining your own truth and then living according to it ... changes your sense of self and sets you free; it makes you fearless -- or at least more courageous -- with every significant person in your life. When you're not so insecure, there are things -- offhand cruelties, insensitivities large and small -- you don't tolerate, things you don't have to deny.... Once you are the one who determines the meaning of your life, nobody can gainsay it. This act of self-assertive defia…
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Appears in: Crossroads, LAT, Newsday, NYT, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 17 times in crossword archives (1956–2025).