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parrying

NOUN

imperviousness

Synonyms

STRONG

battle blocking check combat contention counteraction cover defiance detention fight friction hindrance holding immunity impedance impediment intransigence obstruction protection rebuff refusal retardation safeguard screen shield stand struggle support unsusceptibility watch

WEAK

halting impeding insusceptibility protecting striking back warding off withstanding

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assistance harm help hurt injury liberation peace promotion truce

NOUN

insusceptibility

Synonyms

WEAK

battle blocking check combat contention counteraction cover defiance detention fight friction halting hindrance holding immunity impedance impediment impeding imperviousness intransigence obstruction protecting protection rebuff refusal retardation safeguard screen shield stand striking back struggle support unsusceptibility warding off watch withstanding

NOUN

renitence

Synonyms

WEAK

battle blocking check combat contention counteraction cover defiance detention fight friction halting hindrance holding impedance impediment impeding intransigence obstruction opposition protecting protection rebuff refusal renitency retardation safeguard screen shield stand striking back struggle support warding off watch withstanding

NOUN

renitency

Synonyms

WEAK

battle blocking check combat contention counteraction cover defiance detention fight friction halting hindrance holding impedance impediment impeding intransigence obstruction opposition protecting protection rebuff refusal renitence retardation safeguard screen shield stand striking back struggle support warding off watch withstanding

NOUN

resistance

Synonyms

STRONGEST

battle defiance fight intransigence protection refusal struggle support

STRONG

blocking check combat contention counteraction cover detention friction hindrance holding impedance impediment obstruction rebuff retardation safeguard screen shield stand watch

WEAK

halting impeding protecting striking back warding off withstanding

Antonyms

STRONG

aid assistance help liberation peace promotion

WEAK

compliance conforming cooperation submission

Example Sentences

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Fifty minutes into her deposition, after parrying questions and defending herself against the court's doubts, Mamta's composure faltered for the first time.

From BBC • Aug. 13, 2025

Unlike commercial antibiotics, phages evolve alongside their bacterial hosts, dodging and parrying the bacterial response so that for every pathogen, there’s likely a bacteriophage, somewhere, that eats it.

From Salon • Nov. 20, 2024

He worked side by side with graduate students in a windowless office and lab, shunning computers and calculators and parrying the theoretical abstractions that often dominate the world of physics.

From New York Times • Sep. 30, 2022

Monaco goalkeeper Alexander Nubel helped salvage a point by turning Baptiste Santamaria’s long-range strike around the post in the 27th and parrying a close-range header from Terrier in the 28th.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 13, 2022

“Do you doubt that I do?” he replied, parrying my question.

From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein

parrying

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