DISAGREEING (WITH) Synonyms: 26 Similar and Opposite Words

disagreeing (with)

verb

present participle of disagree (with)

as in contradicting

to make an assertion that is contrary to one made by (another) she disagreed with me when I said that the jacket was dark blue

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His argument would have been laughable, if not for the fact that Black Americans were barred from giving testimony against white people in California’s courts and therefore from contradicting Smith’s account.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Oct. 2026
Granted, this morning, Mercury in Scorpio will meet with Saturn retrograde in an awkward quincunx, which can be quite the contradicting aspect, as if the two planets in contact didn’t speak the same language.

— Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 9 Oct. 2026

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