Synonyms of denied

denied 1 of 2

adjective

as in refused

Related Words

• refused
• rejected
• disallowed
• vetoed
• suppressed
• objectionable
• repressed
• unacceptable
• prohibited
• unbearable
• forbidden
• unendurable
• outlawed
• barred
• intolerable
• impermissible
• proscribed
• banned
• inadmissible
• interdicted
• verboten

Dissimilar Words

• admissible
• allowable
• permissible
• acceptable
• permitted
• endorsed
• authorized
• certified
• tolerable
• licensed
• accredited
• OK
• bearable
• endurable
• sanctioned
• allowed
• warranted

denied

2 of 2

verb

past tense of deny

1

as in rejected

to declare not to be true

the congressman denied all charges of wrongdoing

Synonyms & Similar Words

• rejected
• refuted
• contradicted
• disallowed
• disavowed
• disowned
• disclaimed
• negated
• repudiated
• disputed
• gainsaid
• challenged
• disaffirmed
• traversed
• disconfirmed
• negatived
• disproved
• rebutted
• disagreed (with)
• confuted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• admitted
• confirmed
• allowed
• owned
• acknowledged
• conceded
• accepted
• adopted
• claimed
• submitted
• announced
• affirmed
• declared
• embraced
• asserted
• maintained
• avowed
• verified
• espoused
• averred
• professed
• corroborated
• validated
• substantiated
• authenticated

2

as in declined

to be unwilling to grant

the director denied access to the top secret files to all but those with a need to know

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refused
• rejected
• declined
• withheld
• disallowed
• disapproved
• forbade
• vetoed
• prohibited
• restricted
• nixed
• kept
• reprobated
• banned
• rebuffed
• spurned
• negatived
• proscribed
• enjoined
• restrained
• checked
• held
• repelled
• constrained
• hindered
• impeded
• curbed
• obstructed
• repressed
• balked (at)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• granted
• provided
• permitted
• allowed
• conceded
• let
• afforded
• gave
• supplied
• furnished
• authorized
• licensed
• agreed (to)
• commissioned
• acquiesced
• warranted
• sanctioned
• consented (to)
• accorded
• OK'd
• acceded (to)
• assented (to)
• vouchsafed

3

as in refuted

to refuse to acknowledge as one's own or as one's responsibility

in a futile attempt to get out of the contract, he even denied his own signature

Synonyms & Similar Words

• refused
• refuted
• rejected
• disavowed
• disowned
• criticized
• disclaimed
• repudiated
• questioned
• challenged
• contradicted
• disallowed
• gainsaid
• renounced
• retracted
• washed one's hands of
• disproved
• disputed
• rebutted
• negated
• confuted
• recanted
• abdicated
• abjured
• negatived

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• recognized
• claimed
• owned
• acknowledged
• adopted
• accepted
• granted
• admitted
• submitted
• embraced
• conceded
• announced
• affirmed
• confessed
• declared
• asserted
• maintained
• confirmed
• avowed
• espoused
• verified
• averred
• professed
• corroborated
• validated
• authenticated
• substantiated

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of denied

Verb

The Attorney General’s Office could not be reached for comment on why the grant was denied. — Jake Ramsey, Oklahoma Watch, 30 Aug. 2026

If that application is denied, deportation could be a death sentence. — Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 30 Aug. 2026

Lozano has denied the charges through her attorneys, but agreed to resign from the practice of law in lieu of discipline by the Washington State Bar Assn. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2026

Some residents said the dead had waited days for their last rites and were denied dignity in death. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026

DuBose said on social media that he was denied access to Field’s initial hearing. — Jim Barnes, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 30 Aug. 2026

The Samuels’ run, however, was the spark that lit the fuse after the Caravan was denied on a fourth-and-short situation on its opening possession. — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 29 Aug. 2026

Combs, who is serving a 50-month prison sentence on charges relating to prostitution, has repeatedly denied having anything to do with Shakur’s murder. — Andy Rose, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026

In July, he was denied medical release by the Illinois Prisoner Review Board. — Dennis Romero, NBC news, 23 Aug. 2026