Disprove — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

prove to be false

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dˈʌnɚ/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪspɹˈuːv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪspɹˈuːv/

2 syllables Say it as /dˈʌnɚ/.

Examples

The physicist disproved his colleagues' theories

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

confute

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

опровергать

оказаться ложным

India

🇮🇳Hindi

असत्य सिद्ध करना

झूठा साबित करो

🇧🇩Bengali

মিথ্যা প্রমাণ করা

মিথ্যা প্রমাণিত

🇮🇳Tamil

நிராகரிக்கவும்

பொய் என்று நிரூபிக்க

🇮🇳Telugu

ఖండించు

అబద్ధమని నిరూపించండి

🇮🇳Marathi

नाकारणे

खोटे असल्याचे सिद्ध करा

🇮🇳Gujarati

ખોટી સાબિત કરવી

ખોટા સાબિત

🇮🇳Kannada

ನಿರಾಕರಿಸು

ಸುಳ್ಳು ಎಂದು ಸಾಬೀತುಪಡಿಸಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

നിരാകരിക്കുക

തെറ്റാണെന്ന് തെളിയിക്കുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਗਲਤ ਸਾਬਤ ਕਰਨਾ

ਝੂਠਾ ਸਾਬਤ ਹੁੰਦਾ ਹੈ

🇵🇰Urdu

غلط ثابت کرنا

جھوٹا ثابت

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

反驳

证明是假的

🇯🇵Japanese

反証する

虚偽であることを証明する

🇰🇷Korean

반증하다

거짓임이 증명되다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bác bỏ

chứng minh là sai

🇹🇭Thai

หักล้าง

พิสูจน์ว่าเป็นเท็จ

🇮🇩Indonesian

menyangkal

terbukti salah

🇵🇭Filipino

pabulaanan

patunayan na hindi totoo

🇲🇾Malay

menyangkal

terbukti palsu

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

دحض

يثبت أنه كاذب

🇮🇷Persian

رد کردن

ثابت کند که دروغ است

🇹🇷Turkish

çürütmek

yanlış olduğunu kanıtlamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהַפְרִיך

להוכיח להיות שקרי

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