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- DictionaryDe·fy/dəˈfī/
verb
- 1. openly resist or refuse to obey: "a woman who defies convention"
To defy is to openly refuse to do something. You can defy the no-costumes-in-class rule if you wear your fairy wings to school, but just don’t try to defy the laws of gravity unless you can actually fly. If you deliberately break a rule or ignore an order, you defy, or resist, that rule.
to be extreme or very strange and therefore impossible to believe, describe, or explain: The chaos at the airport defies description. See more. defy someone to do something. to tell someone to do something that you think will be impossible: I defy you to prove your accusations. See more. More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
used to say that somebody should try to do something, as a way of emphasizing that you think it is impossible to do it. I defy anyone not to cry at the end of the film. I defy you to leave without buying something. Definition of defy verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
1. to resist (a powerful person, authority, etc) openly and boldly. 2. to elude, esp in a baffling way: his actions defy explanation. 3. formal to challenge or provoke (someone to do something judged to be impossible); dare: I defy you to climb that cliff. 4. (Military) archaic to invite to do battle or combat.
1 day ago · verb Word forms: -fies, -fying, -fied (transitive) 1. to resist (a powerful person, authority, etc) openly and boldly. 2. to elude, esp in a baffling way. his actions defy explanation. 3. formal. to challenge or provoke (someone to do something judged to be impossible ); dare. I defy you to climb that cliff.
3 days ago · 1. transitive verb. If you defy someone or something that is trying to make you behave in a particular way, you refuse to obey them and behave in that way. This was the first (and last) time that I dared to defy my mother. Synonyms: resist, oppose, confront, face More Synonyms of defy. 2. transitive verb.
defy meaning, definition, what is defy: to refuse to obey a law or rule, or refu...: Learn more.
