Past tense of gainsay
irregular verb
The past tense of gainsay is gainsaid. The past participle is also gainsaid.
Forms of gainsay
| Base form (V1) | gainsay /ɡeɪnˈseɪ/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | gainsaid |
| Past participle (V3) | gainsaid |
| Present participle | gainsaying |
| Third person singular | gainsays |
Gainsaid in a sentence
- The charms of a blue-eyed chestnut-haired maiden in a turquoise muslin, with a brown boa, and a brown chip hat afroth with brown feathers, could not be gainsaid.1908 August 20, “Women in Print”, in Evening Post, page 9. From the entry afroth
Meaning of gainsay
- verb To say something in contradiction to.
Verbs like gainsay
Questions about the past tense of gainsay
- What is the past tense of gainsay?
- The past tense of gainsay is gainsaid.
- What is the past participle of gainsay?
- The past participle of gainsay is gainsaid.
- Is gainsay a regular or irregular verb?
- Gainsay is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gainsay (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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