deny
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
declare untrue; contradict
He denied the allegations
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- acknowledge antonym
- disaffirmation derivation
- denier derivation
Sense 2 verb
refuse to accept or believe
He denied his fatal illness
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- denier derivation
Sense 3 verb
refuse to grant, as of a petition or request
The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses
Types & categories
- withhold hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
refuse to let have
She denies me every pleasure
Types & categories
Related & opposite
Sense 5 verb
deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
She denied herself wine and spirits
Types & categories
- curb hypernym
Related & opposite
- self-abnegation derivation
- denier derivation
- refuse verb group
Sense 6 verb
deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
Related & opposite
- demurrer derivation
- denier derivation
- practice of law domain topic
Sense 7 verb
refuse to recognize or acknowledge
Peter denied Jesus
Types & categories
- disavow hypernym
Related & opposite
- denier derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | antonym | Related & opposite | acknowledge |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | disaffirmation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | negate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disclaim |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | repudiate |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | disavow |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | repudiate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | abnegate |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | denial |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | withhold |
| 4 | antonym | Related & opposite | grant |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | refusal |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 4 | verb group | Related & opposite | abnegate |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | keep |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | withhold |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | self-abnegation |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 5 | verb group | Related & opposite | refuse |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | curb |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | demurrer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 6 | domain topic | Related & opposite | practice of law |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | denier |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | disavow |