defying 的 2 个定义
de·fied, de·fy·ing.
- to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- to offer effective resistance to: a fort that defies attack.
- to challenge to do something deemed impossible: They defied him to dive off the bridge.
- Archaic. to challenge to a combat or contest.
plural de·fies.
- a challenge; a defiance.
defying 近义词
challenge, frustrate
defying 的近义词 40 个
- confront
- disregard
- elude
- flout
- ignore
- mock
- oppose
- provoke
- resist
- ridicule
- spurn
- thwart
- violate
- withstand
- baffle
- beard
- brave
- contemn
- dare
- defeat
- deride
- despise
- face
- foil
- front
- gibe
- insult
- repel
- repulse
- scorn
- slight
- stick
- venture
- fly in face of
- hang tough
- hurl defiance at
- make my day
- outdare
- stick fast
- take one on
defying 的反义词 23 个
更多defying例句
- Residents of Rome even called for his resignation for defying city ordinances.
- Walmart is actually defying the logic embraced so grimly by Sears, Kmart, and millions of citizen-shoppers.
- And it is difficult to object to same-sex marriage when so many binary-defying unions have already taken place.
- Defying instructions would have been unthinkable during the tenure of his father or grandfather.
- Get a Piece of Houdini Before He Disappears By Nina Strochlic A death-defying magical box.
- The patriarchal decree of the government was a good deal of a joke on the plains, anyway—except when you were caught defying it!
- His hair relieved this somewhat, for it was white and always stood gaily on end, defying brush and comb.
- When finally the father confronts the defying daughter, she calmly says, Well, what are you going to do about it?
- At length she was at bay, resolved to die defending herself and defying her enemies.
- But the chief offenders in defying Napoleon's chimerical policy were the Dutch and Hanseatic cities.