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Synonyms for fly in face of
verb contradict, countermand- 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
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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
contended
verb. argue
- 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
verb. argue
- 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
verb. argue
- 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
verb. challenge, frustrate
defies
verb. challenge, frustrate
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.