controvert

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

verb

1. be resistant to
- The board opposed his motion
• Syn:
oppose, contradict
• Derivationally related forms:
opponent (for: oppose), opposer (for: oppose)
• Hypernyms:
refute, rebut
• Hyponyms:
veto, blackball, negative, protest, resist, dissent
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. prove to be false or incorrect
• Syn:
refute, rebut
• Derivationally related forms:
rebutter (for: rebut), refutation (for: refute), refuter (for: refute)
• Hypernyms:
disprove, confute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  refute, rebut, oppose, contradict