Thumb one's nose at
The crossword clue "Thumb one's nose at" is answered by DEFY, a 4-letter entry. Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DEFY
4 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEFY answer page.
Used 8 times across 7 distinct years; most recently in 2021; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for DEFY
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEFY, most used first.
- Stand up to - used 55 times, most recently in 2026
- Challenge - used 41 times, most recently in 2026
- Refuse to obey - used 27 times, most recently in 2026
- Go against - used 26 times, most recently in 2026
- Resist boldly - used 15 times, most recently in 2026
- Resist - used 14 times, most recently in 2025
- Fly in the face of - used 13 times, most recently in 2024
- Rebel against - used 9 times, most recently in 2026
- Buck - used 8 times, most recently in 2025
- Resist openly - used 8 times, most recently in 2016
- Flout - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
- Resist, as authority - used 7 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- ___ one's time (wait) - BIDE, used 89 times
- Lose one's footing - SLIP, used 74 times
- Toot one's own horn - BRAG, used 65 times
- Twiddling one's thumbs - IDLE, used 63 times
- "This one's ___" - ONME, used 59 times
- Put one's foot down - STEP, used 57 times
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