Associations to the word «Gainsaying»

Wiktionary

GAINSAY, verb. To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.

Dictionary definition

GAINSAY, verb. Take exception to; "She challenged his claims".

Wise words

In words, as fashions, the same rule will hold; Alike fantastic, if too new, or old: Be not the first by whom the new are tried, Nor yet the last to lay the old aside.
Alexander Pope