Gainsayer

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. One who gainsays, contradicts, or denies.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. One who contradicts or denies what is alleged; an opposer.
  • noun. A person who gainsays others; a disagreeable person.
  • Word Usage
    "If he had been interested only in anointing himself a gainsayer of modern art, he could have simply refused to make art at all and confined himself to showing up at gallery openings dressed as Savonarola."