Definition, synonyms and related words
simple past tense and past participle of deny
"He denied the allegations when asked by the investigators, but his lawyer later claimed he was forced to lie under pressure."
In plain English: Denied means someone refused to give you something you wanted or asked for.
"The bank denied his loan application because he had no credit history."
Usage: Use denied to indicate that someone refused to admit doing something or stated that an event did not happen. It functions as both the simple past tense and the past participle of the verb deny.
Derived from Old French denier, which comes from Latin dēnīare meaning "to refuse," the past tense of "deny" originally signified to declare something untrue or withhold consent. The root combines the prefix de- with a form related to giving, evolving into the concept of refusing to grant or acknowledge.