Synonyms for deny

verb

deny implies a refusal to accept as true, real, valid, existent, or tenable he denied the charge; to gainsay is to dispute what a person says or to challenge the person saying it facts that cannot be gainsaid; contradict not only implies emphatic denial, but, in addition, often suggests belief or evidence that the opposite or contrary is true the facts contradict his statement; impugn implies a direct, forceful attack against that which one calls into question she impugned his motives