Enter your text to find synonyms and click Synonyms Search
Search Results
defies 53 results
Synonyms:
- dissents, rebuffs, hinders, opposes, counteracts, confronts, encounters, interferes, impedes, rebels, differs, collides, contends, intercepts, contradicts, objects, countermands, braves, challenges, argues, dares, repulses, affronts, suppresses, represses, repudiates, clashes, oppresses, checks, faces, obstructs, disagrees, contravenes, resists, disputes, crosses, bickers, complains, counterattacks, inhibits, protests, deals with, rejects, meddles, offsets, counters, demurs, conflicts, fights, neutralizes, tampers, repels, antagonizes
Examples:
- - Bill declar's they're a bad scheme, trousers is; an' so sayin' he defies the agent to do his worst. - "Wolfville Nights", Alfred Lewis
- - He defies his enemies. - "Children of the Market Place", Edgar Lee Masters
- - Yet Colonel Elliot says that in what I call " the Elliot version," " the story defies criticism." - "Sir Walter Scott and the Border Minstrelsy", Andrew Lang
