DENYING Synonyms: 105 Similar and Opposite Words

denying

verb

present participle of deny

as in refuting

to declare not to be true the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing

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as in refusing

to be unwilling to grant the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know

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as in rejecting

to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature

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Recent Examples of denying Her husband, Conor, has gone on the record denying any involvement in her death. — Kelsie Cairns , Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2026 The latter predicts a single universe by denying the universal validity of Schrödinger’s equation. — Philipp Strasberg, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026 Bluestone granted Sam Altman’s motion to dismiss the case with prejudice, meaning it can’t be refiled in that court, while denying Sam’s request for attorney fees and costs. — Richard Lawler, The Verge, 20 Oct. 2026 And in 2022, the great Netflix correction saw the company jump into advertising after years of denying it would as a way to counteract the narrative about its then-stagnating subscriber growth. — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 20 Oct. 2026 There’s no denying that the Christmas markets in Europe—from Vienna to Krakow to Frankfurt—are straight out of a snow globe. — Jessica Sulima, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Oct. 2026 Attorneys for Wells Fargo raised more than a dozen defenses against Sloan’s claims under California labor laws while denying wrongdoing, The Charlotte Observer previously reported. — Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 19 Oct. 2026 The council must consider whether its concerns can be backed by evidence sufficient to meet the legal standards for denying a housing project, including requirements involving specific public health and safety risks. — Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 19 Oct. 2026 Parillo has also denied this, accusing Amy of denying him and other LHS shareholders access to corporate records. — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 19 Oct. 2026

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Verb

OpenAI’s proof provides an algorithm to solve 3-SAT that is just a tiny bit faster than exponential time, refuting ETH.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 27 Oct. 2026
While refuting any suggestion of police repression, Lecornu condemned violence on the margins of protests, which were mostly peaceful Tuesday, despite the dramatic scenes that dominated coverage.

— Joseph Ataman, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of refuting

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Unlike municipalities Uthmeier threatened after rejecting the agreements, these local governments have not formally accepted or rejected a 287(g) collaboration.

— Syra Ortiz Blanes, Miami Herald, 27 Oct. 2026
And filmmakers building outside Hollywood’s traditional gates aren’t rejecting the business.

— Chaseedaw Giles, IndieWire, 26 Oct. 2026

Definition of rejecting

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The contradicting geological and orbital observations for Phobos and Deimos collected to date have prevented scientists from definitively establishing one hypothesis over the other.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 18 Oct. 2026
His argument would have been laughable, if not for the fact that Black Americans were barred from giving testimony against white people in California’s courts and therefore from contradicting Smith’s account.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of contradicting

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Chinese firms have been suffering from declining profit growth amid intense competition that has eroded margins and even invited the government to step in.

— Lee Ying Shan, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026
While program closures at colleges and universities often result from declining enrollment or a financial crisis, our decisions at Valencia are driven by neither.

— Kathleen Plinske, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

Definition of declining

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Vance left a positive impression on his RJC audience while stopping short of disavowing influential conservative podcast host Tucker Carlson.

— Thomas Beaumont, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
Savoray returned the next morning with printouts of news articles showing that Netanyahu was disavowing him.

— Ruth Margalit, New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2026

Definition of disavowing

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Pentecostal parents Ruth and Marius were accused of domestic violence, with worldwide protests criticizing what dissenters called harsh and hasty steps taken by Norwegian social workers without proper evidence.

— Tomris Laffly, Time, 23 Oct. 2026
Cofer is criticizing Guerra’s absence from the vote and is asking him to publicly state his position on the partnership.

— Jennah Pendleton, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2026

Definition of criticizing

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Hong Kong's stablecoin licensing further illustrates this, approving only HKD tokens while publicly disowning any CNH stablecoin claims.

— Zennon Kapron, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2026
The platforms that helped usher in the generative AI boom are now trying to clean up the mess without disowning the technology behind it.

— Angela Yang, NBC news, 8 Aug. 2026

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