Confute — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

prove to be false

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈaʊntɚspˌaɪz/

🇬🇧British English

/kənfjˈuːt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/kənfjˈuːt/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈaʊntɚspˌaɪz/.

Examples

The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

disprove

Antonyms

prove

Parts of Speech

verb	prove to be false “The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories”

Word Forms

disprover	noun	a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
confutative	adjective	able to be refuted
confuter	noun	a debater who refutes or disproves by offering contrary evidence or argument
confutation	noun	the speech act of refuting conclusively

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

widerlegen

sich als falsch erweisen

🇫🇷French

réfuter

prouver que c'est faux

🇪🇸Spanish

refutar

demostrar ser falso

🇮🇹Italian

confutare

rivelarsi falso

🇳🇱Dutch

weerleggen

blijken vals te zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

refutar

provar ser falso

🇷🇺Russian

опровергнуть

оказаться ложным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

झूठा ठहराना

झूठा साबित करो

🇧🇩Bengali

বিভ্রান্ত করা

মিথ্যা প্রমাণিত

🇮🇳Tamil

குழப்பம்

பொய் என்று நிரூபிக்க

🇮🇳Telugu

గందరగోళం

అబద్ధమని నిరూపించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

गोंधळ

खोटे असल्याचे सिद्ध करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

મૂંઝવણ

ખોટા સાબિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ಗೊಂದಲಗೊಳಿಸು

ಸುಳ್ಳು ಎಂದು ಸಾಬೀತುಪಡಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

ആശയക്കുഴപ്പത്തിലാക്കുക

തെറ്റാണെന്ന് തെളിയിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਉਲਝਣ

ਝੂਠਾ ਸਾਬਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

الجھن

جھوٹا ثابت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

驳斥

证明是假的

🇯🇵Japanese

議論する

虚偽であることを証明する

🇰🇷Korean

반박하다

거짓임이 증명되다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bác bỏ

chứng minh là sai

🇹🇭Thai

สับสน

พิสูจน์ว่าเป็นเท็จ

🇮🇩Indonesian

membantah

terbukti salah

🇵🇭Filipino

lituhin

patunayan na hindi totoo

🇲🇾Malay

mengelirukan

terbukti palsu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

دحض

يثبت أنه كاذب

🇮🇷Persian

اشتباه گرفتن

ثابت کند که دروغ است

🇹🇷Turkish

yalanlamak

yanlış olduğunu kanıtlamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לבלבל

להוכיח להיות שקרי

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