Antonyms for challenges
| Grammar : Noun, verb |
| Spell : chal-inj |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtʃæl ɪndʒ |
Definition of challenges
Origin :- early 14c., "something one can be accused of, a fault, blemish;" mid-14c., "false accusation, malicious charge; accusation of wrong-doing," also "act of laying claim" (to something), from Anglo-French chalenge, Old French chalonge "calumny, slander; demand, opposition," in legal use, "accusation, claim, dispute," from Anglo-French chalengier, Old French chalongier "to accuse, to dispute" (see challenge (v.)). Accusatory connotations died out 17c. Meanings "an objection" in law, etc.; "a calling to fight" are from mid-15c. Meaning "difficult task" is from 1954.
- noun dispute, question
- verb dispute, question
- The challenges before us will be thrashed out with the House and the Senate.
- Extract from : « United States Presidents' Inaugural Speeches » by Various
- Yet his heart rejoiced as he watched the manner in which Sally accepted these challenges.
- Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand
- Challenges of this kind to inventiveness and activity are outstanding all the time.
- Extract from : « Rural Life and the Rural School » by Joseph Kennedy
- Mr. Bramleigh challenges me to a duel, because he knows I have no arms.
- Extract from : « The Bramleighs Of Bishop's Folly » by Charles James Lever
- He challenges my nephew, de Léry, for a date fixed and imminent.
- Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
- Where would I find the strength and courage for the challenges?
- Extract from : « Herein is Love » by Reuel L. Howe
- The termite-paste was, in this instance, the most deadly of challenges.
- Extract from : « The Raid on the Termites » by Paul Ernst
- Hector, brother to Troilus, challenges a Greek champion to single combat.
- Extract from : « William Shakespeare » by John Masefield
- Even here in Pylos he challenges the supremacy of the Olympians.
- Extract from : « Homer's Odyssey » by Denton J. Snider
- Do you stand ready to prove your charge if he challenges you to do it?
- Extract from : « Frenzied Finance » by Thomas W. Lawson
Synonyms for challenges
- accost
- arouse
- ask for
- assert
- beard
- brave
- call for
- call out
- claim
- claiming
- confront
- confrontation
- cross
- dare
- defiance
- defy
- demand
- demanding
- demur
- denounce
- exact
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fly in the face of
- hang in
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- interrogation
- investigate
- invite competition
- make a point of
- make a stand
- object to
- objection
- protest
- provocation
- provoke
- query
- reclaim
- remonstrance
- require
- search out
- stand up to
- stick it out
- stimulate
- summon
- summons to contest
- tax
- test
- threat
- throw down the gauntlet
- trial
- try
- ultimatum
- vindicate
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