All 5 Uses of
contradict
in
To Kill a Mockingbird
- "There's some folks who don't eat like us," she whispered fiercely, "but you ain't called on to contradict 'em at the table when they don't."
p. 27.6contradict = disagree with
- Until it happened I did not realize that Jem was offended by my contradicting him on Hot Steams, and that he was patiently awaiting an opportunity to reward me.
p. 41.9contradicting = disagreeing
- Don't you contradict me!
p. 116.9contradict = disagree with
- It has relied instead upon the testimony of two witnesses whose evidence has not only been called into serious question on cross-examination, but has been flatly contradicted by the defendant.
p. 231.3 *contradicted = disagreed with
- Don't like to contradict you, Mr. Finch— wasn't crazy, mean as hell.
p. 308.8contradict = disagree with
Definition:
disagree
in 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."