Defied Synonyms and Antonyms

To call on another to do something requiring boldness
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. dared
  2. challenged
Challenge
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. resisted
  2. dared
  3. fronted
  4. flouted
  5. opposed
  6. faced
  7. challenged
  8. refused
  9. scoffed
  10. spurned
  11. scorned
  12. mocked
  13. jeered
  14. ignored
  15. frustrated
  16. braved
Antonyms:
  1. obeyed
  2. surrendered
  3. yielded
Resist or confront with resistance
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. disobeyed
  2. held
  3. violated
  4. transgressed
  5. flouted
  6. broken
  7. withstood

Defied Sentence Examples

  • His shoulders moved with a graceful swing that defied the quick step.

  • Still she defied him.

  • Flying downhill produced an exhilaration that defied explanation.

  • I defied Death to rescue her.

  • The religious penal code it was thought meritorious to evade; the commercial penal code was ostentatiously defied; and both tended to make Ireland the least law-abiding country in Europe.

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