Definitions for Defying
de·fy·ing

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1. Defying

   of Defy

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1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Defying in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Defying in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of Defying in a Sentence

1. Costa Mesa Mayor Katrina Foley:

   We are at a juncture now where we are in a public health crisis, probably bordering on a disaster, the days of continued education of what people already know and are defying intentionally are over. It was quite apparent that they were thumbing their noses at all the public health orders.

2. 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.

3. Kenji Shibuya:

   The government of Japan is getting close to declaring a 'state of emergency' but even if so, no penalty for defying requests to stay home.

4. 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.

5. Kitty Block:

   This week, while one part of the Japanese government is proudly facilitating international cooperation by hosting the G20 meeting, another is quietly extricating itself from the obligation for global collaboration on the protection and management of the world's whales, japan leaving the IWC and defying international law to pursue its commercial whaling ambitions is renegade, retrograde and myopic....

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1. ^ Webster Dictionary
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