Challenging synonyms
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Part of speech:
Causing a desire to know more; mysterious.
stimulating interest or thought
To contradict; to withsay; to deny, refute; to controvert; to dispute; to forbid.
To oppose by argument or assertion; to controvert; to express dissent or opposition to; to call in question; to deny the truth or validity of.
Test is defined as to participate in or administer an exam or evaluation.
To cause to be at a loss; baffle:
To subject to a legal obligation, such as a fine or court order:
Reproach is defined as to blame or shame someone.
To call back from flight or disorderly action; to call to, for the purpose of subduing or quieting.
To ask a question or questions
To call forth; evoke
To call as a witness in affirming or denying, or to prove an affirmation; to appeal to.
To welcome; encourage:
To require as useful, just, proper, or necessary; call for:
To refuse to submit to or cooperate with:
To have enough courage or audacity for some act; be fearless; venture
To argue or reason against; contradict; deny; dispute
To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility:
To state as a fact or as one's belief (something that may be called into question); assert
To call to account; to challenge.
Censure is defined as to criticize or judge in a harsh manner.
To challenge the truthfulness or genuineness of:
To defy; dare
To call upon another to decide a question controverted, to corroborate a statement, to vindicate one's rights, etc.; as, I appeal to all mankind for the truth of what is alleged. Hence: To call on one for aid; to make earnest request.
To charge formally with a wrongdoing.
To increase temporarily the activity of (a body organ or system, for example).
To question formally, as to elicit facts or information; interrogate:
(Computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
To provide resistance to (an electrical current).
To try to disprove or invalidate (something) as by argument or legal action; dispute
(Informal) To complain or protest noisily or peevishly.
(Internet) To remove a participant from an online activity.
To remonstrate is to plead or protest with reason.
Object is defined as to reason or argument against something.
To object:
To deny the legal sufficiency of an adversary’s claim, without admitting or denying the truth of the underlying facts, usually on a technical legal basis rather than the merits of the claim; to file a demurrer.
Approach means to move close to something.
To equal in some way; be a match for
To be turned or placed with the front toward a specified direction.
To face or oppose courageously or brazenly, as if grasping by the beard; defy
yielding (antonym)
To produce
acquiescing (antonym)
(Intransitive) To rest satisfied, or apparently satisfied, or to rest without opposition and discontent (usually implying previous opposition or discontent); to accept or consent by silence or by omitting to object; — followed by ""in"", sometimes also by ""with"" and ""to"".
answering (antonym)
To be liable or accountable:
exciting (related)
(Physiol.) To produce or increase the response of (an organism, organ, tissue, etc.) to a proper stimulus
doubting (related)
To be uncertain about; question; feel distrust of
asking (related)
To seek an answer to:
summoning (related)
To call together; convene:
supporting (related)
To bear the weight of, especially from below; keep from falling, sinking, or slipping:
requesting (related)
To express a desire for, especially politely; ask for. Often used with an infinitive or clause:
To forbid is defined as to order that something not occur, or to prevent something from occurring.
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