verb
- past tense and past participle of gainsay; denied, contradicted, or disputed
Usage: formal; archaic
Examples
- His authority could not be gainsaid by the younger members.
- The evidence was so clear it could not be gainsaid.
- She gainsaid his claims about the company’s profits.
- The witness’s testimony was gainsaid by several others.
- His reputation for honesty could not be gainsaid.
- The facts gainsaid her version of events.