meghazudtol
C1
Hungarian
defy, confound
VERB
C1
2
defy
C1
Usage pattern:
meghazudtol vmit
No example pairs yet.
Meaning
go against what is expected
Themes
expectations
|odds
|success
|norms
|surprise
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To act or be in a way that strongly goes against what is usual, accepted, or expected.
VERB
C1
FORMAL
2
confound
C1
Usage pattern:
meghazudtol vmit/vkit
No example pairs yet.
Meaning
to prove expectations or predictions wrong
Themes
expectations
|surprise
|prediction
|unexpected_outcome
|core_vocabulary
Definition
To surprise or defeat expectations, predictions, or critics by behaving in a way that clearly shows they were wrong.
Grammar
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