Antonyms for fly in the face of
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : flahy |
| Phonetic Transcription : flaɪ |
- accept
- acknowledge
- admit
- agree
- agreement
- aid
- allow
- answer
- approve
- assent
- assist
- authorize
- break down
- calm
- capitulate
- complain
- comply
- concede
- concur
- confirm
- consent
- corroborate
- decision
- deny
- disallow
- divide
- do
- dodge
- emphasize
- enact
- encourage
- endorse
- enforce
- establish
- facilitate
- favor
- fear
- forward
- give in
- give up
- go along
- grant
- harmonize
- help
- hide
- hold
- ignore
- institute
- join
- keep
- legalize
- loosen
- make peace
- OK
- participate
- permit
- prove
- ratify
- reconcile
- refuse
- reject
- retain
- retreat
- run away
- sanction
- save
- separate
- sign
- skip
- start
- support
- surrender
- unfasten
- uphold
- validate
- verify
- victory
- vouch
- welcome
- yield
Definition of fly in the face of
Origin :- slang, "clever, alert, wide awake," late 18c., perhaps from fly (n.) on the notion of the insect being hard to catch. Other theories, however, trace it to fledge or flash. Slang use in 1990s might be a revival or a reinvention.
- As in negate : verb contradict, countermand
- As in oppose : verb fight, obstruct
- As in repudiate : verb reject; turn one's back on
- As in withstand : verb endure, bear
- As in brave : verb endure bad situation
- As in challenge : verb dispute, question
- As in contradict : verb be at variance with
- As in counter : verb answer, respond in retaliation
- As in dissent : verb disagree
Synonyms for fly in the face of
- abandon
- abate
- abjure
- abolish
- abrogate
- accost
- annihilate
- annul
- apostatize
- argue
- arouse
- ask for
- assail
- assault
- assert
- attack
- backtalk
- balk
- banish
- bar
- battle
- be against
- bear
- beard
- beat
- belie
- bilk
- blackball
- bombard
- brace
- brave
- break with
- buck
- call for
- call in question
- call out
- cancel
- cancel out
- cast
- cast off
- challenge
- check
- circumvent
- claim
- combat
- confront
- contest
- contradict
- contravene
- controvert
- cope
- counter
- counteract
- counterattack
- countercheck
- counterwork
- court
- cross
- cut off
- dare
- dash
- debate
- decline
- default
- defect
- defy
- demand
- demur
- denounce
- deny
- desert
- differ
- ding
- disaccord
- disacknowledge
- disaffirm
- disagree
- disallow
- disappoint
- disapprove
- disavow
- discard
- disclaim
- discord
- dishonor
- disinherit
- dismiss
- disown
- disprove
- dispute
- divide
- duel
- dump
- encounter
- exact
- expose
- face
- face down
- face off
- face the music
- fight
- flush
- fly in the face of
- foil
- forsake
- frown at
- frustrate
- gainsay
- go through
- grapple with
- hang in
- hang on
- hang tough
- have bone to pick
- hinder
- hit back
- hold off
- hold one's ground
- hold out
- impeach
- impose
- impugn
- inquire
- insist upon
- invalidate
- investigate
- invite competition
- kill
- make a point of
- make a stand
- match
- meet
- negate
- negative
- neutralize
- nix
- not countenance
- nullify
- object
- object to
- offset
- oppose
- oust
- outdare
- parry
- pettifog
- pit
- play off
- prevail against
- prevent
- protest
- provoke
- put down
- put up a fight
- put up an argument
- put up struggle
- put up with
- quash
- query
- rat
- rebut
- recant
- reclaim
- redress
- refuse
- refuse to accept
- refute
- remain firm
- renounce
- repeal
- repel
- reprobate
- repudiate
- require
- rescind
- resist
- respond
- retaliate
- retract
- return
- reverse
- revoke
- ride out
- risk
- ruin
- run counter to
- say no way
- say not a chance
- say nothing doing
- search out
- shy
- sit and take it
- speak against
- spurn
- stand
- stand fast
- stand firm
- stand one's ground
- stand up against
- stand up to
- stick
- stick fast
- stick it out
- stickle
- stimulate
- stonewall
- suffer
- summon
- support
- take
- take a stand
- take issue
- take it
- take on
- taunt
- tax
- tergiversate
- tergiverse
- test
- throw down the gauntlet
- thumbs down
- thwart
- tolerate
- traverse
- try
- turn
- turn down
- turn the tables
- turn thumbs down
- undo
- vary
- venture
- vie
- vindicate
- violate
- vitiate
- void
- ward off
- wash one's hands of
- weather
- win out
- withstand
- wrangle
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