Gainsay is an English word with synonyms like challenge or dispute. Below you'll find 5 example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Gainsay meaning
To say something in contradiction to.
Using Gainsay
- The main meaning on this page is: To say something in contradiction to.
- Useful related words include: challenge, dispute, contest, contend.
- In the example corpus, gainsay often appears in combinations such as: gainsay the.
Context around Gainsay
- Average sentence length in these examples: 29.2 words
- Position in the sentence: 1 start, 2 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 5 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Gainsay
- In this selection, "gainsay" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 29.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Recognizable usage signals include do i gainsay it now and does not gainsay the fact. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "gainsay" sits close to words such as aaaaa, aaba and aafc, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with gainsay
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It will be hard to gainsay her. (7 words)
I have never denied that violence is inevitable, nor do I gainsay it now. (14 words)
Rather than gainsay the legendary baseball sage Yogi Berra—who that it’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future—let’s stipulate some principles to shape the inquiry shaping the SSN(X). (34 words)
The argument that it might have taken more years than we had hoped does not gainsay the fact that a considerable amount of light has begun to find its way into the room as far as the development of Guyana’s agro-processing industry is concerned. (46 words)
So you can boast about the Greatest Economy Ever if you are the Donald and reassure about a “solid” economy if you are stock-options rich Davos Man, but that doesn’t gainsay the unsustainable economic and monetary rot upon which it is all based. (45 words)
Rather than gainsay the legendary baseball sage Yogi Berra—who that it’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future—let’s stipulate some principles to shape the inquiry shaping the SSN(X). (34 words)
Example sentences (5)
It will be hard to gainsay her.
Rather than gainsay the legendary baseball sage Yogi Berra—who that it’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future—let’s stipulate some principles to shape the inquiry shaping the SSN(X).
So you can boast about the Greatest Economy Ever if you are the Donald and reassure about a “solid” economy if you are stock-options rich Davos Man, but that doesn’t gainsay the unsustainable economic and monetary rot upon which it is all based.
The argument that it might have taken more years than we had hoped does not gainsay the fact that a considerable amount of light has begun to find its way into the room as far as the development of Guyana’s agro-processing industry is concerned.
I have never denied that violence is inevitable, nor do I gainsay it now.
Common combinations with gainsay
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: