What does DENY mean?

Definitions for DENY
dɪˈnaɪde·ny

This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word DENY.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. denyverb

    declare untrue; contradict

    "He denied the allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money"

  2. denyverb

    refuse to accept or believe

    "He denied his fatal illness"

  3. denyverb

    refuse to grant, as of a petition or request

    "The dean denied the students' request for more physics courses"; "the prisoners were denied the right to exercise for more than 2 hours a day"

  4. deny, refuseverb

    refuse to let have

    "She denies me every pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance"

  5. deny, abnegateverb

    deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

    "She denied herself wine and spirits"

  6. traverse, denyverb

    deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

  7. denyverb

    refuse to recognize or acknowledge

    "Peter denied Jesus"

Wiktionary

  1. denyverb

    To not allow.

    I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.

  2. denyverb

    To assert that something is not true.

  3. denyverb

    To disallow

  4. denyverb

    to refuse to give or grant something to someone

    My father denied me a good education

  5. denyverb

    To prevent from scoring.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. To DENYverb

    Etymology: denier, French; denego, Latin.

    Sarah denied, saying, I laughed not; for she was afraid. Gen.

    My young boy
    Hath an aspect of intercession, which
    Great nature cries —— deny not. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

    Ah, charming fair, said I,
    How long can you my bliss and your’s deny? Dryden.

    It shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest you deny your God. Josh. xxiv. 27.

    The best sign and fruit of denying ourselves, is mercy to others. Thomas Sprat, Sermons.

    When St. Paul says, if in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable: he considers Christians as denying themselves in the pleasures of this world, for the sake of Christ. Francis Atterbury, Sermons, Pref.

Wikipedia

  1. Deny

    Deny is a song recorded by Canadian rock band Default for their 2001 debut studio album, The Fallout. It was co-written by the members of the band and Chad Kroeger, who also co-produced the track with Rick Parashar. "Deny" was released April 8, 2002 as the album's second single. The song was featured on the EA Sports video game, NHL 2003, and was supported by a music video featuring boxer Laila Ali. Failing to enter the Billboard Hot 100, the song proved unable to replicate its predecessor's multi-format success. "Deny" was still a hit at rock radio, reaching number seven on the US Mainstream Rock chart and number one on the Canada rock airplay chart.

ChatGPT

  1. deny

    To deny is to refuse to accept, acknowledge, or recognize the truth or existence of something. It can also mean to refuse a request or to withhold something from someone. It is the act of saying no or not granting an approval or confirmation.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Denyverb

    to declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit

  2. Denyverb

    to refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce

  3. Denyverb

    to refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request

  4. Denyverb

    to disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow

  5. Denyverb

    to answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true

  6. Etymology: [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F. dnier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See Negation.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Deny

    de-nī′, v.t. to gainsay or declare not to be true: to reject: to refuse admission to: to disown:—pr.p. deny′ing; pa.p. denied′.—adv. Deny′ingly.—Deny one's self, to deny one's self the indulgence of bodily appetites and carnal inclinations: to exercise self-denial. [Fr. denier—L. denegārede, inten., and negāre, to say no. See Negation.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DENY' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #4104

  2. Written Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DENY' in Written Corpus Frequency: #4529

  3. Verbs Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'DENY' in Verbs Frequency: #275

Anagrams for DENY »

  1. dyne

  2. E.D.N.Y.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of DENY in Chaldean Numerology is: 6

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of DENY in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of DENY in a Sentence

  1. Coretta Scott King:

    Freedom and Justice cannot be parceled out in pieces to suit political convenience. I don't believe you can stand for freedom for one group of people and deny it to others.

  2. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:

    The situation we are currently facing is one of legitimate defense, no one can deny or limit Turkey’s legitimate right to defense in the face of terrorist attacks.

  3. Justice Antonin Scalia:

    The Declaration of Independence, however, is not a legal prescription conferring powers upon the courts; and the Constitution's refusal to deny or disparage other rights is far removed from affirming any one of them, and even farther removed from authorizing judges to identify what they might be, and to enforce the judges' list against laws duly enacted by the people.

  4. Steven Schooner:

    No one seems to deny that these were actual conflicts and the players affirmatively attempted to conceal them, that simply cannot be tolerated.

  5. Justin Fairfax:

    I deny this latest unsubstantiated allegation. It is demonstrably false. I have never forced Justin Fairfax on anyone ever, i demand a full investigation into these unsubstantiated and false allegations.

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