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defyverb to go against the commands, prohibitions, or rules ofin those days a woman was brave if she defied fashion and wore white after Labor Day disobey, mock, rebel (against) disobligemutiny (against), revolt (against)disregard, ignore, overlook, overpass, pass over, tune outbrush (off), dismiss, flout, pooh-pooh(also pooh), reject, scoff (at), scorn, shrug off, wink (at)breach, break, infringe, transgress, violatebuck, combat, contest, dispute, fight, oppose, resist, withstand comply (with), conform (to), follow, mind, obey capitulate (to), concede (to), defer (to), goose-step (to), serve, stoop (to), submit (to), surrender (to), yield (to)cooperate (with)keep, observeaccede (to), acquiesce (to), agree (to), assent (to), obligeattend, hear, heed, listen (to), mark, note, notice, regard, watch to invite (someone) to take part in a contest or to perform a featafter missing the target, she defied her boyfriend to do better challenge, dare, stump beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, face, outbrave, outface to oppose (something hostile or dangerous) with firmness or couragea rescue team willing to defy the raging storm beard, brave, brazen, breast, confront, dare, face, outbrave, outface face up (to), frontaffrontchallengeencounter, meetaccost, approach, cornerrepel, resist, stand, withstandbattle, combat, contend (with), fight, oppose, square (off) stand up to dodge, duck, funk, shirk, sidestep avoid, eschew, shunelude, escape, evade, shake to refuse to give in toa bicyclist who regularly defies illness and infirmity in order to compete in races buck, fight, oppose, repel, resist, withstand battle, combat, contend (with)challenge, contest, contradict, disputebaffle, balk, foil, frustrate, thwartcheck, counter, hinder, obstruct, stem bow (to), capitulate (to), give in (to), knuckle under (to), stoop (to), submit (to), succumb (to), surrender (to), yield (to) in the 14th century |