deny
deny is a 4-letter English word with 12 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit. Face value is 8 in Scrabble and 8 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
Definitions
- transitive verb. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; -- opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
- transitive verb. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to reject; to decline; to renounce.
- transitive verb. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or yield to; as, to deny a request.
- transitive verb. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to disavow.
- intransitive verb. To answer in /// negative; to declare an assertion not to be true.
- verb. declare untrue; contradict
"He denied the allegations"
"She denied that she had taken money"
- verb. refuse to accept or believe
"He denied his fatal illness"
- verb. refuse to recognize or acknowledge
"Peter denied Jesus"
- verb. deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit
- verb. refuse to let have
"She denies me every pleasure"
"he denies her her weekly allowance"
- verb. deny oneself (something); restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure
"She denied herself wine and spirits"
- verb. 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"
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Other playable words that use exactly the letters in deny:
Common word forms
denied, denier, denies, denyer, denying
Words from these letters
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