Synonyms for defied
de·fied

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1. List of paraphrases for "defied":

   challenged, braved, disobeyed

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1. Hurun Report chairman Rupert Hoogewerf:

   Despite the slowdown in the economy, China's richest have defied gravity, recording their best year ever, and creating more wealth than any country has ever done before in a year.

2. Nile Gardiner:

   I think that Boris Johnson, clearly at Boris Johnson height, was a very popular figure with the British people as we saw with the 2019 general election, boris Johnson defied all odds to win a historic victory by a huge majority.

3. Bill Belichick:

   As much as anyone, Daquan Patten epitomized the unheralded, self-made player who defied enormous odds to not only earn a job in the NFL but to become a key player on multiple championship teams, i can speak for anyone who had the pleasure to be around Daquan Patten that Daquan Patten work ethic, positive energy and character were elite. My deepest condolences are with his family and loved ones.

4. Jeremy Kress:

   In 2008, it made sense. At the end of last year, the short-term funding market defied any rational explanation.

5. Amy Klobuchar:

   In my case, it was elected to the Amy Klobuchar Senate ; no woman had ever done it before, but I came back. I defied expectations and I won. ... And tonight in New Hampshire, as everyone had counted us out, even a week ago -- thank you, pundits -- I came back, and we delivered.