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What is another word for
flying in the face of
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Verb
Present participle for to act in a manner highly contrary to
Present participle for to face something unpleasant with courage and fortitude
Present participle for to oppose, dispute or argue against something
Present participle for to struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent
(
deviate from
)
Present participle for to run counter to
Present participle for to cause to have no value or effect
Present participle for to disagree with or dispute
Present participle for to refuse to have anything to do with (anymore)
Noun
The act or state of non-compliance with a rule or law
… more ▼
▲
Verb
▲
Present participle for to act in a manner highly contrary to
contravening
violating
defying
disobeying
flouting
infringing
breaking
breaching
disregarding
ignoring
opposing
challenging
contradicting
going against
rebelling against
refusing to obey
kicking against
setting at naught
disagreeing with
infracting
transgressing
failing to comply with
offending
committing a breach of
failing to observe
overstepping
resisting
fracturing
traducing
trespassing
taking no notice of
paying no heed to
withstanding
transgressing against
encroaching
rebelling
counteracting
mocking
setting aside
neglecting
repudiating
digging your heels in
going counter to
paying no attention to
bucking
crossing the line
setting your face against
scouting
exceeding
riding roughshod over
going beyond
reneging on
violating law
falling foul of
despising
thumbing nose at
hurling defiance at
contemning
spurning
fighting
dissenting
kicking over the traces
refusing to accept the authority of
coming out against
bypassing
vetoing
leaving out
taking no account of
revolting
rioting
mutinying
shirking
running riot
striking
differing
recalcitrating
baulking
UK
daring
breaking the rules
breaking rules
disagreeing
misbehaving
rising in arms
not minding
not listening
declining
taking law into own hands
not heeding
revolutionising
UK
refusing to comply
flying in face of
balking
US
objecting
deserting
evading
revolutionizing
US
rejecting
crossing
thwarting
fighting against
combating
combatting
raging against
struggling against
offending against
deviating
going off the reservation
going against the grain
going rogue
more ❯
“Doesn't that sort of
fly in the face of
this argument that big money corrupts the system?”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to face something unpleasant with courage and fortitude
braving
enduring
bearing
withstanding
weathering
confronting
defying
facing
putting up with
suffering
risking
taking
tolerating
challenging
coping with
crossing
daring
dealing with
fighting
handling
resisting
sitting through
sticking out
sustaining
tackling
taking on
undergoing
bearing the brunt of
bracing oneself for
facing up to
going through
going up against
grappling with
grinning and bear
meeting head on
outbraving
outdaring
outfacing
prevailing against
resigning oneself to
riding out
standing
standing fast
standing up against
standing up to
stomaching
subjecting oneself to
swallowing
bearding
braving out
brazening
brazening out
breasting
courting
flying in face of
living out
living through
sitting and taking it
squaring off against
venturing
opposing
surviving
thwarting
repelling
combating
combatting
disputing
contesting
bucking
sticking
bracing
dueling
US
duelling
UK
traversing
coping
violating
holding out against
bearing up against
holding off
standing firm against
hanging tough
standing firm
holding out
standing your ground
putting up struggle
taking it
sticking fast
winning out
holding the line against
hanging on
holding your ground
persevering in the face of
remaining firm
not giving up
going the distance against
encountering
meeting
experiencing
countenancing
abiding
brooking
allowing
squaring off
coming up against
submitting to
contending with
meeting head-on
addressing
getting to grips with
coming to grips
engaging
scorning
battling
eyeballing
affronting
accosting
playing
mustering courage
laughing at
fronting
squaring up
bracing for
flouting
pitting oneself against
attempting
running the gauntlet
making my day
playing against
facing down
making a stand
knocking chip off shoulder
stepping over the line
facing out
squaring up to
staring down
holding your own
staying the course
meeting eyeball-to-eyeball
going one-on-one
taking the bull by the horns
calling someone's bluff
coming face to face with
sticking to your guns
taking a stand against
facing up
treating with contempt
shouldering
assuming
supporting
accepting
meeting with
admitting
bearing with
submitting oneself to
permitting
carrying
tholing
toughing out
living with
coming to grips with
hacking
biding
sweating out
taking a chance with
defying danger
taking the plunge
taking a chance on
taking a plunge
taking a flyer
taking a chance
taking a header
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to oppose, dispute or argue against something
controverting
refuting
contradicting
disproving
rebutting
denying
confuting
disconfirming
challenging
opposing
disputing
contesting
countering
confounding
questioning
oppugning
arguing
breaking
debating
discussing
making a nonsense of
negating
repudiating
negativing
disavowing
disaffirming
discrediting
disclaiming
rejecting
debunking
disowning
disallowing
exploding
contravening
resisting
impugning
crossing
disagreeing
fighting
withstanding
combating
combatting
traversing
naysaying
gainsaying
disagreeing with
shooting down
shooting full of holes
shooting down in flames
declaring untrue
arguing with
dissenting from
brushing aside
more ❯
Verb
▲
Present participle for to struggle to overcome, eliminate, or prevent
fighting
opposing
resisting
defying
combatting
combating
contesting
disputing
withstanding
challenging
confronting
contending with
battling
bucking
contending
countering
facing
oppugning
repelling
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
arguing against
controverting
objecting to
quarreling with
questioning
arguing with
campaigning against
striving against
struggling against
speaking against
competing against
competing with
opposing action
taking on
tangling with
putting up a fight against
setting your face against
sparing no effort
putting up an argument
standing up and be counted against
taking a stand against
standing up to
taking issue with
making a stand against
contradicting
fighting against
crossing
going against
gainsaying
disagreeing with
attacking
not supporting
facing down
thwarting
running counter to
negating
checking
blocking
disliking
beating
disagreeing
obstructing
disapproving
dissenting
denying
disapproving of
belying
not countenancing
speaking out against
frowning at
calling in question
conflicting with
taking a stand
rebelling against
shooting full of holes
clashing with
giving the lie to
rebutting
arguing
encountering
preventing
hindering
protesting
taking
assailing
assaulting
counterattacking
withstaying
gainstaying
gainstanding
reacting
withsitting
withsetting
meeting head-on
taking issue
tackling
warding off
repulsing
rebuffing
staving off
fending off
vying against
taking wind out of sails
having bone to pick
dissenting from
feuding with
rallying against
coming to blows with
differing from
differing with
making a nonsense of
driving a coach and horses through
duelling
UK
unseating
dueling
US
contravening
meeting
matching
holding at bay
fighting off
undermining
holding out against
kicking against
locking horns with
vying
wrestling
competing
wrangling
impeding
refusing
stopping
inhibiting
frustrating
restraining
halting
stemming
sparring
jousting
curbing
vying with
going up against in contest
going head to head
locking horns
pitting oneself against
coping with
crossing swords
waging war
doing battle with
taking up arms against
trying to beat
eliminating
ending
taking up arms
warring
resolving
agitating against
battling against
putting an end to
revolting against
rising up against
bringing to an end to
querying
relucting
counteracting
refusing to accept
countervailing
baulking at
dissenting with
stonewalling
debating
impeaching
doubting
litigating
blasting
calling into question
engaging
struggling
scrimmaging with
going up against
waging war against
contending against
crossing swords with
facing up to
skirmishing with
shooting it out with
putting up a fight
fighting back against
facing off against
warring against
grappling with
striving
clashing
grappling
racing
tussling
jockeying
tilting
emulating
trying
bandying
fencing
colliding
essaying
bidding
attempting
matching strength
scrambling for
going for broke
participating in
matching wits
pitching oneself against
jockeying for position
going after
seeking prize
running for
going for
going for the gold
rejecting
spurning
disobeying
tangling
coming up against
tussling with
squaring up
raging against
more ❯
Verb
▲
(
deviate from
)
Present participle for to run counter to
deviating
departing
contradicting
diverging
contravening
controverting
belying
conflicting with
contrasting with
clashing with
differing from
deviating from
running counter to
departing from
diverging from
Verb
▲
Present participle for to cause to have no value or effect
negating
cancelling
UK
canceling
US
annulling
nullifying
rescinding
repealing
quashing
abrogating
voiding
abolishing
revoking
reversing
vacating
disannulling
countermanding
retracting
avoiding
dissolving
nulling
overruling
abating
overturning
undoing
killing
obviating
removing
neutralising
UK
neutralizing
US
annihilating
counteracting
vitiating
dumping
blackballing
counterchecking
redressing
contravening
crossing
dinging
frustrating
impugning
opposing
stonewalling
traversing
striking down
rolling back
rendering invalid
wiping out
cancelling out
canceling out
rendering null and void
making ineffective
breaking with
putting down
turning down
turning thumbs down
working against
interfering with
running counter to
Verb
▲
Present participle for to disagree with or dispute
dissenting
differing
demurring
disagreeing
disputing
diverging
challenging
disapproving
nonconcurring
objecting
opposing
rejecting
repudiating
abjuring
protesting
rebelling
refusing
renouncing
stickling
arguing
baulking
UK
balking
US
bucking
contradicting
declining
disaccording
discording
dividing
pettifogging
shying
varying
wrangling
arguing with
disagreeing with
objecting to
protesting against
quibbling over
expressing disagreement with
taking issue with
declining to support
expressing disagreement
expressing objection
failing to agree with
refusing to support
breaking with
withholding assent
saying nothing doing
saying no way
putting up an argument
putting up a fight
saying not a chance
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refuse to have anything to do with (anymore)
repudiating
rejecting
spurning
declining
refusing
renouncing
abandoning
negativing
disapproving
passing
reprobating
disowning
nixing
rebuffing
disavowing
forsaking
abjuring
deselecting
forswearing
relinquishing
denying
deserting
discarding
eschewing
abnegating
dumping
recanting
shedding
surrendering
ousting
disprofessing
disacknowledging
disinheriting
rescinding
banishing
turning down
passing up
giving up
throwing out
balking at
casting aside
throwing over
casting off
breaking with
cutting off
turning your back on
defecting from
not accepting
having nothing more to do with
having no more truck with
refusing to acknowledge
washing your hands of
laying aside
not wanting
Noun
▲
The act or state of non-compliance with a rule or law
violation
defiance
disobedience
noncompliance
defying
disobeying
flouting
ignoring
neglect
nonobservance
break
non-compliance
rebelling against
lack of compliance with
non-observance
paying no heed to
taking no notice of
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