contradicted

verb

past tense of contradict
1
as in refuted
to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another) no matter what I say, you always have to contradict me

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2
as in denied
to declare not to be true his account contradicted the story that they had gotten earlier

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Recent Examples of contradicted Creation, they were told, literally occurred over seven days; science and scientists contradicted the Bible and could not be trusted. — Felice J. Freyer, STAT, 19 Aug. 2026 O'Neill previewed the states' arguments, which rely heavily on internal Meta communications and studies that the states say contradicted many of the company's public statements. — John Ruwitch, NPR, 18 Aug. 2026 But others have contradicted the Tee Times account, particularly Joel Beall from Golf Digest. — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 18 Aug. 2026 Surveillance footage of the event contradicted what Lozano reported to his supervisors. — David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 16 Aug. 2026 But cell phone footage captured by bystanders contradicted that account. — Rebecca Schneid, Time, 12 Aug. 2026 The defense wrote that Lee’s statements in the recorded phone calls directly contradicted the defensive theory and strategy that Gonzalez was the person who caused all the injuries and the death of the child. — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Aug. 2026 What makes the reflecting pool incident different was that the administration contradicted claims of property damage made repeatedly by the president. — Josh Boak, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026 Police say the video contradicted Medina’s claims that Cox was the aggressor. — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 30 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for contradicted
  1. refuted
  2. denied
  3. questioned
  4. rejected
Verb
  • The museum also refuted claims of adverse working conditions.
    — Harrison Jacobs, ARTnews.com, 11 Aug. 2026
  • Players from that 1951 side have strongly refuted the story, while the priest at its centre has never been identified.
    — Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 27 July 2026
Definition of refuted
Verb
  • Combs has repeatedly denied any involvement in Shakur’s killing and has never been named by investigators as a suspect or even a person of interest in the case.
    — Sasha Pezenik, ABC News, 17 Aug. 2026
  • Arday admitted making citation errors and apologized, but denied lying.
    — Rupert Neate, CNN Money, 16 Aug. 2026
Definition of denied
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  • Cordovez questioned whether the city had acted too broadly by closing every public pool in Hialeah after the Florida Department of Health singled out Bucky Dent Water Park and shut it down following an inspection that documented 34 violations.
    — Verónica Egui Brito, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026
  • Chitty was newly assigned to oversee the case following the removal of the Collin County judge who presided over the high-profile murder trial after the defense questioned his impartiality.
    — Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 22 Aug. 2026
Definition of questioned
Verb
  • Karmelo Anthony, now 19, was convicted of murder and sentenced to 35 years in prison after a Collin County jury in June rejected his claims of self-defense during a confrontation with Austin Metcalf in the stadium bleachers last year.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Peltola's campaign rejected the support of former Vice President Kamala Harris days ahead of the primary, after Harris' PAC sought to fundraise on her behalf.
    — Kaia Hubbard, CBS News, 19 Aug. 2026
Definition of rejected

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