Definition of deny

"deny" in the verb sense

1. deny

declare untrue contradict

"He denied the allegations"

"She denied that she had taken money"

2. deny

refuse to accept or believe

"He denied his fatal illness"

3. deny

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. deny, refuse

refuse to let have

"She denies me every pleasure"

"he denies her her weekly allowance"

5. deny, abnegate

deny oneself (something restrain, especially from indulging in some pleasure

"She denied herself wine and spirits"

6. traverse, deny

deny formally (an allegation of fact by the opposing party) in a legal suit

7. deny

refuse to recognize or acknowledge

"Peter denied Jesus"

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Quotations for deny

It is your virtue, being men, to try;
And it is ours, by virtue to deny. [ Drayton ]

Better deny at once than promise long. [ Proverb ]

Harmless all malice, if our God be nigh;
Fruitless all pains, if he his help deny.
Patient I pass these gloomy hours away,
And wait the morning of eternal day! [ Lady Jane Dudley ]

He that gives his heart will not deny his money. [ Proverb ]

I deny that with both my hands, and all my teeth. [ Proverb ]

True wisdom, laboring to expound, heareth others readily;
False wisdom, sturdy to deny, closeth up her mind to argument. [ Tupper ]

To deny the freedom of the will is to make morality impossible. [ Froude ]

The more we deny ourselves, the more the gods supply our wants. [ Horace ]

It is more commendable to deny upon occasion than to grant upon none. [ Proverb ]

He that gives time to resolve, gives time to deny, and warning to prevent. [ Proverb ]

One merit of poetry few persons will deny: it says more and in fewer words than prose. [ Voltaire ]

That is true love which is always the same, whether you give everything or deny everything to it. [ Johann Wolfgang von Goethe ]

When you give, take to yourself no credit for generosity, unless you deny yourself something in order that you may give. [ Henry Taylor ]

Fame is a revenue payable only to our ghosts; and to deny ourselves all present satisfaction, or to expose ourselves to so much hazard for this, were as great madness as to starve ourselves, or fight desperately for food, to be laid on our tombs after our death. [ Mackenzie ]

My May of life is fallen into the sear, the yellow leaf; and that which should accompany old age, as honor, love, obedience, troops of friends, I must not look to have; but in their stead, curses, not loud but deep, mouth-honor, breath which the poor heart would fain deny and dare not. [ William Shakespeare ]

Why doth Fate, that often bestows thousands of souls on a conqueror or tyrant, to be the sport of his passions, so often deny to the tenderest and most feeling hearts one kindred one on which to lavish their affections? Why is it that Love must so often sigh in vain for an object, and Hate never? [ Richter ]

Neither can we admit that definition of genius that some would propose - a power to accomplish all that we undertake; for we might multiply examples to prove that this definition of genius contains more than the thing defined. Cicero failed in poetry. Pope in painting. Addison in oratory; yet it would be harsh to deny genius to these men. [ Colton ]

deny in Scrabble®

The word deny is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Play In The Letters deny:

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All Scrabble® Plays For The Word deny

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deny in Words With Friends™

The word deny is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 8

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters deny:

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The 145 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In deny

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Words within the letters of deny

2 letter words in deny (2 words)

3 letter words in deny (5 words)

4 letter words in deny (Anagrams) (2 words)

deny + 1 blank (7 words)

Words containing the sequence deny

Words that start with deny (3 words)

Words with deny in them (2 words)

Words that end with deny (3 words)

Word Growth involving deny

Shorter words in deny

en den

Longer words containing deny

denying denyingly

denying redenying

gardeny

redeny redenying