Defied and Forced

Related words

Definitions of Defied not found.

Forced and defied are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Forced" instead a verb "Defied".

Nearby Words: defy, defiance, defying

Forced adjective - Forcing one's compliance or participation by or as if by law.

Show all Definitions

Defied and forced are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Defied" instead a verb "Forced".

Nearby Words: force, forceful, forcible, forcefully, forcibly

Defied by Chef Jeff, who tells Daphne that he doesn't buy into it, and was forced to hire her by his superiors.

Source: Series / Switched at Birth
When the truth that Yea Niang's family defied the Royal Decree that forced her to marry Tianlun, the man she didn't love, Xiaowan tells her that she rather had him burns down her brothel than let Yea Niang dies as she sees her as her own daughter.

Source: Series / Justice Bao
Defied by Sebeth, who was abducted, raped, and forced into prostitution; despite her coloration making her status clear, she manages to find respectable work, takes a lover, and inherits a high title and marries respectably when her dying father reconciles with her.

Source: Literature / Tooth and Claw

Cite this Source

Forced and Defied. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/defied/forced

Defied & Forced. N.p., 2016. Web. 13 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/defied/forced>.

Forced or Defied. 2016. Accessed August 13, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/defied/forced.

Google Ngram Viewer shows how "defied" and "forced" have occurred on timeline