All 4 Uses of
contradict
in
Gone with the Wind
- Women knew that a land where men were contented, uncontradicted and safe in possession of unpunctured vanity was likely to be a very pleasant place for women to live.†
Chpt 2.8
- By late afternoon the first news came, but it was uncertain, contradictory, frightening, brought as it was by men wounded in the early hours of the battle.†
Chpt 3.18 *
- As a result, Bonnie interrupted her elders whenever she pleased and contradicted her father and put him in his place.†
Chpt 5.59
- I don't believe it!" she cried stormily, looking into the three drawn faces as though defying them to contradict her.†
Chpt 5.61
Definition:
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(contradict) disagreein various senses, including:
- to say something is not true -- as in "She contradicted his testimony."
- to say something else is true when both can't be true -- as in "I don't believe her. She contradicted herself as she told us what happened."
- to be in conflict with -- as in "Her assertions contradict accepted scientific principles."