 4 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
denied
See {deny}
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
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}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Deny \De*ny"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Denied}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Denying}.] [OE. denien, denaien, OF. denier, deneer, F.
d['e]nier, fr. L. denegare; de- + negare to say no, deny. See
{Negation}.]
1. To declare not to be true; to gainsay; to contradict; --
opposed to affirm, allow, or admit.
Note: We deny what another says, or we deny the truth of an
assertion, the force of it, or the assertion itself.
2. To refuse (to do something or to accept something); to
reject; to decline; to renounce. [Obs.] ''If you deny to
dance.'' --Shak.
3. To refuse to grant; to withhold; to refuse to gratify or
yield to; as, to deny a request.
Who finds not Providence all good and wise,
Alike in what it gives, and what denies? --Pope.
To some men, it is more agreeable to deny a vicious
inclination, than to gratify it. --J. Edwards.
4. To disclaim connection with, responsibility for, and the
like; to refuse to acknowledge; to disown; to abjure; to
disavow.
The falsehood of denying his opinion. --Bancroft.
Thou thrice denied, yet thrice beloved. --Keble.
{To deny one's self}, to decline the gratification of
appetites or desires; to practice self-denial.
Let him deny himself, and take up his cross. --Matt.
xvi. 24.
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "denied":
belied, confounded, confuted, contemned, declined,
declined with thanks, deflated, despised, disapproved, discarded,
discounted, discredited, disdained, dismissed, disowned, disproved,
disputed, excepted, excluded, exploded, exposed, forsworn, ignored,
impugned, invalidated, negated, negatived, not considered,
overthrown, overturned, punctured, rebuffed, refused, refuted,
rejected, renounced, repudiated, repulsed, scouted, shown up,
spurned, upset
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