"defy" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés

defy verbo

defy + sustantivo

Kolokacji: 61

defy orders • defy gravity • defy death • defy logic • defy expectations • defy the laws • defy description • defy authority • ...

verbo + defy

Kolokacji: 6

seem to defy • continue to defy • dare defy • continue defying • mean defying • ...

defy + preposición

Kolokacji: 8

defy in • defy on • defy with • defy by • defy from • ...

defy + adjetivo/adverbio

Kolokacji: 9

openly defy • repeatedly defied • successfully defy • simply defy • consistently defied • ...

Kolokacji: 1

Grup znaczeniowych: 1

Kolokacji: 9

1. openly defy = otwarcie przeciwstaw się openly defy

2. repeatedly defied = ciągle przeciwstawić się repeatedly defied

3. successfully defy = z powodzeniem przeciwstaw się successfully defy

4. simply defy = po prostu przeciwstaw się simply defy

5. consistently defied = konsekwentnie przeciwstawić się consistently defied

6. somehow defy = jakoś przeciwstaw się somehow defy

7. publicly defy = publicznie przeciwstaw się publicly defy

8. seemingly defy = pozornie przeciwstaw się seemingly defy

9. deliberately defy = rozmyślnie przeciwstaw się deliberately defy

The statement had an aggressive ring to it, as if he were deliberately defying her conventional notions of morality.
This effort is primarily directed toward transcending one's likes and dislikes, deliberately defying one's morality, and so on.
It was the only club in Toronto to deliberately defy the city's bylaw against lap dancing.
He had never deliberately defied his father.
Hip-hop style today deliberately defies spelling rules, especially ingrained irregularities.
That drew criticism in the press that the executive branch was deliberately defying a court ruling.
The songs were anatomies of melancholy, spoke-sung in a wistful voice: a singsong that sometimes extended a word and deliberately defied whatever harmonies the music suggested.
A common theme in the fantasy genre is the battle between good and evil, although Martin deliberately defied the conventions and assumptions of neo-Tolkienian Fantasy.
Radiohead's 1997 album, "OK Computer," deliberately defied superficial listening.
As a matter of fact, he deliberately and openly defied security directives.

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