I defy you to make it public.
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Defy
/dɪˈfaɪ/
Synonyms for "defy" (248 found)
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Closest matches (50)
Strong matches (74)
Verb(18 words)
contravenedcontravenescontraveningdaredareddefieddeviatingdisobeydisobey safety rules lawlesslydisobeyeddisobeyingdisobeysdisregard artdisregardedeludedflauntsfloutedflouts
Noun(9 words)
daresdisplay of defiancedisregard for lawsdisregard of datadisrespectdisrespect trenddutch brekenflauntingflouting
Related words (124)
have the nervehold outhold upignoreinfringeknock the chockslay beforelevy war onmake bold tomake war onmeetmeet squarelymocknonplusnot conformnot heednot keepnot listennot mindnot observe
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open hostilitiesoutdareoutfacepay no attention toperplexplace beforepresentpresent toput it torebelrebel yellrebuffrefuse to cooperaterepelrepulseresistrevoltridiculeriskruinsabotagescoff atscornscotchscoutscream defianceset at defianceset at naughtset beforeset naught byshow fightsnapspikespoilstandstand in the waystand upstand up tostare downstemstonewallstumpthwarttrampletrample ontrample underfoottrample upontransgresstrespassturnupsetventureviolatewar crywar whoopwithstand
Verb(25 words)
holdhold upignore guidelinesignore instructionsignore policyignore raceignore rules guidelinejaywalksoffendopposeoutbraveovercome difficultiesrebelrebelledrefuserenegadedresistedresistsrevoltedspited
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Noun(19 words)
Adjective(4 words)
Related word relations
OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.
More general
9 entriesMore specific
6 entriesdisobey a directivedisobey a ruleexceed expectationsovercome obstaclesresist authoritywin against the odds
Collocations
6 entriesdefy authoritydefy descriptiondefy expectationsdefy gravitydefy logicdefy the odds
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
2 entriesAntonyms
1 entrieslend oneself
Translations
18 translations across 15 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- предизвиквам verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- بەربەرەکانێ کردن verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
- بەربەکانی کردن verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Czech
1 entries- vyzvat verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Dutch
2 entries- het hoofd bieden verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
- uitdagen verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Finnish
2 entries- haastaa verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
- uhmata verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
French
1 entries- défier verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
German
1 entries- herausfordern verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Italian
1 entries- sfidare verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Malagasy
1 entries- mandrangitra verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Māori
1 entries- whakatumatuma verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- utfordre verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Portuguese
1 entries- desafiar verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Romanian
1 entries- sfida verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Russian
1 entries- броса́ть вы́зов verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Spanish
1 entries- desafiar verb (to provoke to combat or strife)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
I defy you to solve the problem.
Source: tatoeba (43769)
I defy you to solve this problem.
Source: tatoeba (56754)
Don't defy their orders, just limit yourself to obeying them.
Source: tatoeba (1148230)
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