Synonyms for defying
de·fy·ing

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1. List of paraphrases for "defying":

   challenging, defiant, defy, braving

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1. Quentin Crisp:

   The young always have the same problem -- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

2. Martin Luther King, Jr.:

   In no sense do I advocate evading or defying the law ... That would lead to anarchy. An individual who breaks a law that his conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for law.

3. Quentin Crisp:

   The young always have the same problem - how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another.

4. Ralph Waldo Emerson:

   The key to every man is his thought. Sturdy and defying though he look, he has a helm which he obeys, which is the idea after which all his facts are classified. He can only be reformed by showing him a new idea which commands his own.

5. Neil Saunders:

   After a year of defying gravity, the slowing economy and pressures on consumers have finally caught up with Home Depot, our data show that the number of improvement projects done by consumers fell over the prior year as people conserved cash for other activities over the holiday period.