Dictionary Entry
defy
defy is a 4-letter English word with 6 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 10 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
4 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 10 · 6 senses
Definitions
- 1transitive verb
To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
- 2transitive verb
To provoke to combat or strife; to call out to combat; to challenge; to dare; to brave; to set at defiance; to treat with contempt; as, to defy an enemy; to defy the power of a magistrate; to defy the arguments of an opponent; to defy public opinion.
- 3noun
A challenge.
- 4verb
challenge
"I dare you!"
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- 5verb
resist or confront with resistance
"The politician defied public opinion"
"The new material withstands even the greatest wear and tear"
- 6verb
elude, especially in a baffling way
"This behavior defies explanation"
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