Contradict
[kɒntrə'dɪkt] or ['kɑntrə'dɪkt]
Definition
(v. t.) To assert the contrary of; to oppose in words; to take issue with; to gainsay; to deny the truth of, as of a statement or a speaker; to impugn.
(v. t.) To be contrary to; to oppose; to resist.
(v. i.) To oppose in words; to gainsay; to deny, or assert the contrary of, something.
Editor: Olaf
Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. [1]. Deny, gainsay, dispute, controvert.[2]. Oppose, contravene, counteract, thwart, be contrary to.
Typist: Malcolm
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Oppose, dissent, negative, controvert, deny, disprove, confute, refute,gainsay, contravene
ANT:State, propound, maintain, argue, confirm, affirm, endorse
Typist: Sanford
Definition
v.t. to oppose by words: to assert the contrary: to deny: to be contrary to in character.—adj. Contradict′able.—n. Contradic′tion act of contradicting: a speaking against: denial: inconsistency.—adj. Contradic′tious.—advs. Contradic′tiously (rare) Contradic′torily.—adjs. Contradict′ive Contradict′ory affirming the contrary: inconsistent.—n. Contradict′oriness the quality of being contradictory
Typed by Belinda
Examples
- Now act as you please: write and contradict my assertion--expose my falsehood as soon as you like. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- God knows I can't contradict you, Cary; I'm as ignorant as a stone. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- I say, you must contradict this story. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- So he said, and I did not contradict him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
- My love you contradict every body, said his wife with her usual laugh. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- You hear now how I contradict myself. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He said the change was owing to the climate, and she did not contradict him, being glad of a like excuse for her own recovered health and spirits. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Your fortune is yet doubtful: when I examined your face, one trait contradicted another. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- He shook his head, and assented to all she proposed, though many of her propositions absolutely contradicted one another. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- He has not contradicted his former assertion. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- He would never have contradicted her, and when a woman is not contradicted, she has no motive for obstinacy in her absurdities. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- I did not know I contradicted any body in calling your mother ill-bred. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- It seemed at first as if my notions of what a revolution ought to be were contradicted everywhere. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was rather uncomfortable to be contradicted in her statement by Mr. Bell's opening the study-door, and calling out: 'Thornton! Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- Such a conception contradicts our basic idea that character and mind are attitudes of participative response in social affairs. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
- That is my opinion, and I am ready to maintain it against any one who contradicts me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- The servants contradict you, and Mr. Fairlie contradicts Miss Halcombe, and the supposed Lady Glyde contradicts herself. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- Such enthusiasts postulate a uniformity of human ability which every fact of life contradicts. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- I have been quite uneasy since, as you know I do not wish to pain you, yet I fear I shall be doing so now in contradicting what I seemed to say then. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- In this way he learned new laws of flight, contradicting many theories of the scientists, and opening a new world of speculation. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The coachman looked back and the guard looked back, and even the emphatic leader pricked up his ears and looked back, without contradicting. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- What is the use of your contradicting? Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- Her set purpose of contradicting Miss Abbey point blank, was so far from offending that dread authority, as to elicit a gracious smile. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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