deny

Meaning

To disallow or reject.
To assert that something is not true.
To refuse to give or grant something to someone.
To take something away from someone; to deprive of.
To prevent from scoring.
To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, etc.; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
(obsolete) To refuse (to do or accept something).

refuse

reject

abstain

refuse to acknowledge or

distance oneself

fight against

make excuses

shy away

be not willing to

not allow

wool fabric

forbid ban

say opposite

prevaricate

refuse to accept

Frequency

Hyphenated as

de‧ny

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈnaɪ/

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 *ne (“no, not”). Doublet of denegate.