Dictionary Definition
deny
Verb
1 declare untrue; contradict; "He denied the
allegations"; "She denied that she had taken money" [ant: admit]
2 refuse to accept or believe; "He denied his
fatal illness"
3 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 refuse to let have; "She denies me every
pleasure"; "he denies her her weekly allowance" [syn: refuse] [ant: allow]
5 deny oneself (something); restrain, especially
from indulging in some pleasure; "She denied herself wine and
spirits" [syn: abnegate]
6 deny formally (an allegation of fact by the
opposing party) in a legal suit [syn: traverse]
7 refuse to recognize or acknowledge; "Peter
denied Jesus" [also: denied]
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Pronunciation
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- Rhymes: -aɪ
Verb
- To not allow.
- I wanted to go to the party, but I was denied.
- To assert that something is not true.
- I deny that I was at the party.
Usage notes
- This is a catenative verb that takes the gerund (-ing). See Appendix:English catenative verbs
Related terms
Derived terms
Translations
to not allow
- Finnish: kieltää
- German: verweigern, vorenthalten, ablehnen
- Portuguese: negar
- Spanish: negar
- Swedish: neka, förvägra
to assert that something is not true
- Arabic: (nafa)
- Czech: popřít, zapřít
- Finnish: kieltää, kiistää
- French: nier
- German: leugnen, bestreiten, dementieren
- Greek: αρνούμαι, διαψεύδω
- Hebrew: להכחיש (lehakhkhysh)
- Portuguese: negar
- Spanish: negar
- Swedish: förneka
Extensive Definition
Denni Rocha dos Santos, usually known as Denni
(born 21st August
1983 in
Rio
de Janeiro, Brazil) is a
Brazilian
footballer who plays an attacking midfielder role. He most recently
played for the Newcastle
Jets in the Australian
A-League
before being released.
Club career
Denni had a contract with Santo André until 2008, and played for a number of other clubs on loan.Denni trialled with French side RC
Strasbourg at the end of 2006 but was unsuccessful in gaining a
position at the club. He did not have permission to leave Santo
André and the club stated that they would take legal action against
him.
The Jets formally announced Denni's signing on 17
August 2007 at a press conference in Newcastle. He made his
A-League debut on 26 August 2007 against Perth
Glory.
Denni impressed at Newcastle, despite being small
in height. The
Hyundai
A-League is considered a very physical league. His first goal
came from a cross from Matt
Thompson to set him up with a volley against Melbourne
Victory.
Newcastle released Denni after finishing the
season as champions.
deny in Japanese: デーニ・ホッシャ・ジ・サントス
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
abandon, abjure, abstain, answer, answer conclusively,
argue down, assert the contrary, avoid, back down, back out,
backwater, ban, bar, be contrary to, begrudge, belie, brush aside, call into
question, challenge,
chuck, chuck out, climb
down, close the hand, confound, confute, constrain, contemn, contest, contradict, contravene, controvert, counter, crawfish out, cross, crush, curb, debar, decline, defeat, demolish, desert, despise, disaffirm, disallow, disapprove, disavow, disbelieve, discard, disclaim, discount, discredit, disdain, dismiss, disown, dispose of, disprove, dispute, disregard, eat crow, eat
humble pie, embargo,
enjoin, eschew, except, exclude, exclude from, finish, floor, forbear, forbid, forgo, forsake, forswear, gag on, gainsay, grudge, hold back, ignore, impugn, inhibit, interdict, join issue upon,
keep back, misbelieve, negate, negative, nonplus, not accept, not admit,
not believe, not buy, not swallow, nullify, oppose, oppugn, outlaw, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, parry, pass by, pass up, preclude, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, push aside, put to
silence, rebuff, rebut, recall, recant, reduce to silence,
refrain, refuse, refuse to admit, refuse
to consider, refuse to credit, refute, reject, renege, renounce, repel, repress, repudiate, repulse, restrain, retract, revoke, rule out, sacrifice, say no to, scout, settle, shove away, shun, shut out, shut up, silence, smash all opposition,
spurn, squash, squelch, subvert, suppress, swallow, taboo, take back, take issue with,
throw away, throw out, traverse, turn away, turn down,
turn out, unbelieve,
undermine, unsay, upset, waive, withdraw, withhold