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| VERB: | 1. To refuse to admit the truth, reality, value, or worth of: contradict, contravene, controvert, deny, disaffirm, gainsay, negate, oppugn. Law : traverse. See AFFIRM. 2. To prevent or forbid authoritatively: blackball, turn down, veto. Slang : nix. Idioms: turn thumbs down on. See ACCEPT. | | ADJECTIVE: | Tending to discourage, retard, or make more difficult: adverse, disadvantageous, unadvantageous, unfavorable, unsatisfactory, untoward. See HELP.
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