564 entries under verb topic. ×
| balk(disregard, ignore, evade, violate) | |
| call out(expression, challenge, dispute, provoke, demand) | |
| dissent(disturb, oppose, rise, criticize) | |
| front(advance, meet, oppose, provoke) | |
| object(disregard, oppose, criticize, ignore) | |
| provoke(get, oppose, dispute, challenge) | |
| check(stop, attack, maintain, oppose) | |
| cross(break, take, get, meet) | |
| despise(reject, disregard, ignore, challenge) | |
| hold(stop, attack, maintain, oppose) | |
| meet(take, oppose, play, allow) | |
| repulse(oppose, challenge, resist, frustrate) | |
| attack(noun, oppose, criticize, fight) | |
| contemn(reject, disregard, ignore, challenge) | |
| differ(disregard, oppose, criticize, ignore) | |
| disagree(attack, disregard, oppose, criticize) | |
| disdain(noun, reject, disregard, ignore) | |
| gibe(break, reject, disregard, ignore) | |
| hold up(expression, phrasal verb) | |
| insult(break, disregard, ignore, challenge) |
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