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Synonyms for fly in the 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 the 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.
braves
verb. endure bad situation
challenge
verb. dispute, question
- accost
- arouse
- ask for
- assert
- beard
- brave
- call for
- call out
- claim
- confront
- cross
- dare
- defy
- demand
- denounce
- exact
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- investigate
- invite competition
- make a point of
- make a stand
- object to
- provoke
- query
- reclaim
- require
- search out
- stand up to
- stick it out
- stimulate
- summon
- tax
- test
- throw down the gauntlet
- try
- vindicate
challenged
verb. dispute, question
- accost
- arouse
- ask for
- assert
- beard
- brave
- call for
- call out
- claim
- confront
- cross
- dare
- defy
- demand
- denounce
- exact
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- investigate
- invite competition
- make a point of
- make a stand
- object to
- provoke
- query
- reclaim
- require
- search out
- stand up to
- stick it out
- stimulate
- summon
- tax
- test
- throw down the gauntlet
- try
- vindicate
challenges
verb. dispute, question
- accost
- arouse
- ask for
- assert
- beard
- brave
- call for
- call out
- claim
- confront
- cross
- dare
- defy
- demand
- denounce
- exact
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- investigate
- invite competition
- make a point of
- make a stand
- object to
- provoke
- query
- reclaim
- require
- search out
- stand up to
- stick it out
- stimulate
- summon
- tax
- test
- throw down the gauntlet
- try
- vindicate
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.