What is "naysay"

Usage examples of "naysay".

Yet still was that fear of her naysay lurking in his heart, if he should kiss her, or caress her, as a man with a maid.

Now we pray thee by thy fathers not to naysay us, so sore as thou hast made our hearts.

From the Families had come an answering song, a muttered assent peppered by questions, doubts, naysays which bobbed like flecks on a dark ocean.

But it is impossible to understand their naysaying in the war on terrorism today, their vicious wrath, and even their maniacal defense of Bill Clinton, without a brief review of their treachery at the onset of the Cold War.

He was Salvatore Nervi, and he wasn’t accustomed to anyone naysaying him, es­pecially not a woman he had honored with his attention.

You also want to chase down the Probe, rescue your people, single-handedly negotiate a peace treaty with the Romulans or at least with Rihan, and maybe even get a certain green-eyed musician repatriated in Federation space without anyone naysaying you.

Naysay him, and Squire Tombly would have been cringing for the rest of his life as his name was bandied across the kingdom in truly hilarious, eminently singable, and extremely unflattering song.