Deny and Except

Deny

Deny verb - To declare not to be true.

Except and deny are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Except" instead a verb "Deny".

Nearby Words: denial, denied, denying, deniable

Except

Except verb - To present an opposing opinion or argument.

Deny and except are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deny" instead a verb "Except".

Common collocations

love deny love except love
power deny power except power
part deny part except part
place deny place except place
Other words: cash.

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Tales of MU Lolicon: Implied to be a motive for Two's creator designing her with a waifish body and to be completely hairless except for her head, although Two does later deny that he used her sexually.
  • Video Game / Oni She is unable to give an appropriate response to this, except to try to deny it.
  • And then there's Tai Lung himself; since the scroll has nothing written on it and had nothing in it to abuse, there was never any reason to keep him from reading it except to arbitrarily deny it to him.
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