denial, n. 1. contradiction, gainsay, disaffirmation, negation, denegation; disavowal, unsaying, repudiation, disclaimer, disclamation, Rhet. apophasis; retraction, recantation, (usu. under oath) abjuration.
2. refusal, rejection, turndown, declination; rebuff, repulse; forbiddance, veto, disallowance, prohibition, proscription, disapproval, Inf. no-go; thumbs down, deaf ear.
3. renunciation, renouncement, disowning; disinheriting, disinheritance, disheriting.
4. refutation, answer, disproof, confutation; protest, objection, contravention; disagreement, dissent, demur, demurral.
5. disbelief, unbelief, skepticism, doubt, distrust,
denigrate, v. 1. defame, vituperate, vilify, vilipend, scandalize, run down, revile, malign, impugn, gibbet; criticize, pull to pieces, cut to pieces, cut up, shred, give a bad name, speak ill or evil of, Sl. do a hatchet job on; slander, calumniate, libel, asperse, impute, traduce; injure, abuse, assail, stab, backbite, Sl. bad-mouth, engage in personalities; slur, sully, defile, smear, smirch, besmirch, soil, drag through the mud or mire, heap dirt upon, SI. dump on.
2. black, blacken, darken; shade, shadow, overshadow, overcast.
denizen, n. inhabitant, habitant, resident, dweller, occupier, occupant, householder, addressee, Archaic. inhabiter.
denomination, n. 1. name, title, style, appellation, designation; epithet, appellative, by-word, label, tag, Sl. handle, Sl. moniker.
2. variety, genus, species, class; kind, sort, ilk, type; nature, character, stamp, breed, brand, color, stripe, grain; make, mark, cast, shape, form.
3. sect, school, persuasion, communion, ism, faith, church; body, group, association, order, society, fellowship, fraternity, brotherhood.
4. identification, definition, denotation, specification, signification; naming, calling, dubbing, christening.
denote, v. 1. indicate, show, point out; signify, mark, note; symbolize, betoken, represent, stand for, typify.
2. mean, denominate, designate, name; connote, allude, bring to mind; imply, suggest, intimate,
denouement, n. 1. final resolution, solution, conclusion, finale, final act or scene, last part or stage, capper; final touch or stroke, consummation, perfection, completion; close, end, termination, finish.
2. climax, culmination, high point, peak.
3. outcome, upshot, final issue, result, effect, consequence.
denounce, v. 1. criticize, condemn, denunciate, arraign, animadvert on or upon, reprobate, remonstrate, proscribe; decry, inveigh against, rail against, fulminate against, declaim against, attack, assail; disapprove, deprecate, disparage, belittle.
2. upbraid, reproach, reprove, rebuke, reprehend; castigate, vituperate, reprimand, admonish; chide, scold, carp at, berate, Inf. dress down, Sl. blast; revile, impugn, call into question; stigmatize, brand, gibbet, asperse, cast aspersions on, malign, slander, defame, vilify; blacklist, blackball, ostracize.