All 4 Uses of
contradict
in
A Room With A View
- This solitude oppressed her; she was accustomed to have her thoughts confirmed by others or, at all events, contradicted; it was too dreadful not to know whether she was thinking right or wrong.†
Chpt 5 *contradicted = disagreed
- Whenever I speak he winces;—I see him, Lucy; it is useless to contradict me.†
Chpt 13contradict = disagree
- To contradict it?†
Chpt 14
- "But you do," he went on, not waiting for contradiction.†
Chpt 19contradiction = something (typically a statement) that disagrees with itself; or (more rarely) the act of disagreeing
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."