contradict
Part of speech: verb
Morphological type: simple
Etymology: Derived from Latin contrādictus (“contradicted”), the past participle of contrādīcō (“speak against”) (originally two words).
Inflected forms:
form: contradicts
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: contradicting
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: contradicted
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: contradicted
pos: verb
tags: past
Senses:
gloss: To deny the truth or validity of (a statement or statements).
pos: verb
examples: His testimony contradicts hers.
1651, Thomas Hobbes, Leviathan, London: Andrew Crooke, Chapter 42 “Of Power Ecclesiasticall,” p. 270,
[…] the Ministers of Christ in this world, have no Power by that title, to Punish any man for not Beleeving, or for Contradicting what they say;
Day after day passed away without bringing any other tidings of him than the report which shortly prevailed in Meryton of his coming no more to Netherfield the whole winter; a report which highly incensed Mrs. Bennet, and which she never failed to contradict as a most scandalous falsehood.
I spent the whole long hike back to camp thinking about that amazing letter. It didn’t sound in the least like anything he had ever said in class. Oh, I don’t mean it contradicted anything he had told us in class; it was just entirely different in tone.
gloss: To oppose (a person) by denying the truth or pertinence of a given statement.
pos: verb
examples: Everything he says contradicts me.
Dear Duff, I prithee, contradict thyself,
And say it is not so.
[…] all these people having deservedly the reputation of good sense, penetration, and so-forth, I cannot contradict them with credit to myself.
“I always contradict my husband when he says that,” said Mrs. Thornbury sweetly. “You men! Where would you be if it weren’t for the women!”
gloss: To be contrary to (something).
pos: verb
examples: Now no truth can contradict any truth; desirous therefore they were to be taught, how bothe might stand together, that which they knew could not be false, because Christ spake it; and this which to them did seeme true, onely because the Scribes had said it.
[…] as he is going to a house dedicated to joy and mirth, it was fit he should divest himself of whatever was likely to contradict that intention, or be inconsistent with it.
[…] True indeed it is
That They whom Death has hidden from our sight
Are worthiest of the Mind’s regard; with these
The future cannot contradict the past:
My persona was mildly liked by television audiences. Its features were recognizable and caricaturable—the cigarette in its Dunhill holder wielded as gracefully as a Queen Anne fan, the Savile Row suitings whose conservative elegance was contradicted by opennecked silk shirts from Kuala Lumpur or by cream polo sweaters […]
gloss: To say things that conflict with each other.
pos: verb
tags: reflexive
examples: The prime minister contradicted herself during her speech.
gloss: To give an order contrary to (another order or wish), oppose (something).
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: […] when was the hour
I ever contradicted your desire,
Or made it not mine too?
1662, Margaret Cavendish, The Matrimonial Trouble, Act II, Scene 21 in Playes written by the thrice noble, illustrious and excellent princess, the Lady Marchioness of Newcastle, London: John Martyn et al., p. 435,
Lady Sprightly. What had you to do to contradict my commands?
Doll Subtilty. They were not fit to be obey’d, wherefore they were forbid.
gloss: To give an order contrary to one given by (another person), oppose or resist (someone).
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: Beseemes it thee to contradict thy king? […]
I will haue Gaueston, and you shall know,
What danger tis to stand against your king.
A greater power than we can contradict
Hath thwarted our intents.
gloss: To speak against; to forbid.
pos: verb
tags: obsolete
examples: […] magic hath been publicly professed in former times, in Salamanca, Cracovia, and other places, though after censured by several universities, and now generally contradicted, though practised by some still […].
Synonyms: contravene
disconfirm
deny
dispute
question
gainsay
refute
controvert
withspeak
Related words: contradiction
contradictory
Derived words: contradick
contradictable
contradicter
contradictive
self-contradict
Translations:
lang: Breton
word: dislavaret
lang: Bulgarian
word: противореча
roman: protivoreča
lang: Catalan
word: contradir
lang: Danish
word: modsige
lang: Dutch
word: tegenspreken
lang: Finnish
word: kiistää
lang: French
word: contredire
lang: German
word: widersprechen
lang: Hungarian
word: ellentmond
lang: Hungarian
word: vitába száll
lang: Italian
word: contraddire
lang: Japanese
word: 言い返す
roman: iikaesu
lang: Japanese
word: 反論する
roman: hanron suru
lang: Japanese
word: 反駁する
roman: hambaku suru
lang: Kazakh
word: қарсы сөзге келу
roman: qarsy sözge kelu
lang: Latin
word: adversor
lang: Latin
word: contrādīcō
lang: Latin
word: refrāgor
lang: Lithuanian
word: prieštarauti
lang: Māori
word: whakahorihori
lang: Māori
word: hoihoi
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: motsi
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: motseie
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: motseia
lang: Old English
word: wiþcweþan
lang: Polish
word: zaprzeczać
lang: Polish
word: dementować
lang: Portuguese
word: contradizer
lang: Portuguese
word: desdizer
lang: Romanian
word: contrazice
lang: Russian
word: перечить
roman: perečitʹ
lang: Russian
word: противоре́чить
roman: protivoréčitʹ
lang: Spanish
word: contradecir
lang: Swedish
word: motsäga
lang: Swedish
word: säga emot
lang: Ukrainian
word: заперечувати
roman: zaperečuvaty
lang: Vietnamese
word: phủ nhận