defying

Phonetic Respelling: [ verb dih-fahy; noun dih-fahy, dee-fahy ]

Definition:

v. 1 to refuse to obey; 2 to resist efforts at; 3 to challenge or dare to do something very difficult or impossible

Sentence:

He will be defying gravity by flying into space.

More example sentences:

He will be defying gravity by flying into space.

Hear it

Synonyms:

disobey; resist; challenge; dare

Antonyms:

obey; yeild

Defying rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • prying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • complying
  • decrying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying
• Four Syllable Rhymes
  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying
• Five Syllable Rhymes
  • indemnifying