Defy | Mean of defy in English Dictionary
/dɪˈfaɪ/
- Verb
- to refuse to obey (something or someone)
- She defied her parents and dropped out of school.
- to make (something) very difficult or impossible
- The article defies a simple summary. [=the article cannot be explained by a simple summary]
- views of nature that defy belief/description [=that are hard to believe/describe]
- to resist or fight (something)
- The group has continued to defy all efforts to stop them.
- to go against (something)
- The team defied the odds [=did something that was very unlikely] and won the championship.
- an explanation that defies all logic [=an explanation that does not make any sense]
- to tell (someone) to do something that you think cannot be done
- I defy you to prove that I lied.
- I defy anyone to name a better film. [=I do not think that anyone can name a better film; I do not think that there is a better film]
