āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to defy
01
āĻ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āĻ¯ āĻšāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž, āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to refuse to respect a person of authority or to observe a law, rule, etc.
Transitive: to defy a law or authority
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Citizens may choose to defy unjust laws as a form of protest against the government.
āĻ¨āĻžāĻāĻ°āĻŋāĻāĻ°āĻž āĻ¸āĻ°āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§ā§ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āĻšāĻŋāĻ¸āĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ
āĻ¨ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¯āĻŧ āĻāĻāĻ¨ āĻ
āĻŽāĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ¯ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻŦā§āĻā§ āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¤ā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¸āĻŽā§āĻāĻŦ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to make something extremely difficult or nearly impossible to achieve, understand, or accomplish
Transitive: to defy sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The artist 's technique defied expectations, creating a work that was hard to categorize.
āĻļāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĒā§āĻ° āĻā§āĻļāĻ˛āĻāĻŋ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤ā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻļāĻžāĻā§ āĻ
āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻāĻŽāĻ¨ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻ¤ā§āĻ°āĻŋ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ āĻ¯āĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĻŋāĻŦāĻĻā§āĻ§ āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻāĻ āĻŋāĻ¨ āĻāĻŋāĻ˛āĨ¤
03
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž, āĻ˛āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to dare someone to do or prove something
Ditransitive: to defy sb to do sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
They defied anyone to challenge their innovative design.
āĻ¤āĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻ¤āĻžāĻĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻ¨ā§ āĻ¨āĻāĻļāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ°āĻ¤ā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻā§ āĻĄā§āĻā§āĻā§āĨ¤
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāĻ¤āĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
defiance
defiant
defy
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