gainsayer

名词 n.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
  2. A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person.
    — First, The writer, positively asserts, "That Wood's halfpence were current among us for several months with the universal approbation of all people, without one single gainsayer".

词形变化

gainsayers plural

词汇关系

近义词
withsayer

词源

From Middle English aȝenseyere, equivalent to gainsay + -er.
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