Synonyms for fly in face of
- annihilate
- belie
- cancel out
- disallow
- disprove
- invalidate
- neutralize
- nullify
- rebut
- reverse
- undo
- vitiate
- void
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annul
- blackball
- cancel
- controvert
- countercheck
- cross
- deny
- ding
- dump
- frustrate
- gainsay
- impugn
- kill
- negative
- oppose
- quash
- redress
- refute
- repeal
- rescind
- retract
- revoke
- stonewall
- traverse
- break with
- disaffirm
- fly in the face of
- put down
- turn down
- turn thumbs down
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Antonyms for fly in face of
- allow
- approve
- do
- help
- permit
- prove
- save
- validate
- agree
- aid
- assist
- confirm
- corroborate
- enact
- establish
- go along
- institute
- keep
- legalize
- ratify
- sanction
- start
- support
- uphold
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WORD ORIGIN
slang, "clever, alert, wide awake," late 18c., perhaps from fly (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a reinvention.
MORE RELATED WORDS FOR FLY IN FACE OF
contend
verbargue- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
contended
verbargue- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
contending
verbargue- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
contends
verbargue- affirm
- allege
- assert
- aver
- avow
- blast
- charge
- claim
- come at
- cross
- debate
- defend
- dictate
- dispute
- enjoin
- fly in face of
- gang up on
- go at
- have at
- have bone to pick
- hold
- insist
- jump on
- justify
- lace into
- lay into
- let have it
- light into
- lock horns with
- maintain
- mix
- mix it up
- prescribe
- put up argument
- report
- rip
- say
- set to
- sock it to one
- stick it to
- take on
- tell
- urge
- vindicate
- warrant
- zap
defied
verbchallenge, frustratedefies
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