Crossword-Solution: DEFIES
We have 23 clues for the answer “DEFIES”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Stands uo to. | 1 answer |
| Squares up to | 1 answer |
| Resists boldly | 1 answer |
| Openly resists | 1 answer |
| Openly opposes | 1 answer |
| Openly disobeys | 1 answer |
| Flies in the face of | 1 answer |
| Boldly resists | 1 answer |
| Beards the lion. | 1 answer |
| Throws down the gauntlet | 2 answers |
| Opposes boldly | 2 answers |
| Disobeys | 3 answers |
| Beards | 3 answers |
| Resists | 4 answers |
| STANDS UP TO | 5 answers |
| Flouts | 5 answers |
| Says no to | 5 answers |
| Refuses to obey | 5 answers |
| Goes up against | 6 answers |
| Stumps | 7 answers |
| Baffles | 9 answers |
| Goes against | 10 answers |
| Challenges | 11 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
TAERE
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with DEFIES (5)
How Mademoiselle Reisz would have laughed, perhaps sneered, if she knew! “And you call yourself an artist! What pretensions, Madame! The artist must possess the courageous soul that dares and defies.” Exhaustion was pressing upon and overpowering her.
Now look at this clock; it is electrical, and goes with a regularity that defies the best chronometers.
Though fate upon this faded flower His withering hand has laid, Its odour'd breath defies his power, Its sweets are undecayed.
Ismeno conjures, but his charms are vain; Aladine will kill the Christians in his ire: Sophronia and Olindo would be slain To save the rest, the King grants their desire; Clorinda hears their fact and fortunes plain, Their pardon gets and keeps them from the fire: Argantes, when Aletes’ speeches are Despised, defies the Duke to mortal war.
Great God, what light'ning flashes from thine eyes? What pow'r withstands if thou indignant rise? Against thy Zion though her foes may rage, And all their cunning, all their strength engage, Yet she serenely on thy bosom lies, Smiles at their arts, and all their force defies.
Quotes with DEFIES (3)
The human creature, humiliated and offended in ways that are inconceivable to the mind and heart, defies the blind and deaf divinity.
It is worth remembering one of the important lessons of the Buck story: a small number of zealous advocates can have an impact on the law that defies both science and conventional wisdom.
There will be a few times in your life when all your instincts will tell you to do something, something that defies logic, upsets your plans, and may seem crazy to others. When that happens, you do it. Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else. Ignore logic, ignore the odds, ignore the complications, and just go for it.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: AARP, Chronicle, Crossroads, CrosSynergy, LAT, Newsday, NY Sun, NYT, Universal, USA TODAY, WP, WSJ.
Used 32 times in crossword archives (1956–2025).