Challenge
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English
Noun
Challenge (plural Challenges)- An instigation or antagonization intended to convince a person to perform an action they otherwise would not.
- A difficult task, especially one that the person making the attempt finds more enjoyable because of that difficulty.
- (law, rare) A judge's interest in the result of the case for which he or she should not be allowed to sit the case, e.g. a conflict of interest.
- (law) The act of appealing a ruling or decision of a court of administrative agency.
- (law) The act of seeking to remove a judge, arbitrator or other judicial or semi-judicial figure for reasons of alleged bias or incapacity.
Verb
Challenge (third-person singular simple present Challenges, present participle challenging, simple past and past participle challenged)
- To invite someone to take part in a competition.
- To dare someone.
- To dispute something.
- (law) To make a formal objection to a juror.
Adjectives for Challenge
mocking; puny derisive; laughing; flippant; devil-may-care; malicious; sinister; menacing; truculent; fierce; wanton; snarling; angry sharp; strident; stern; riotous; sweeping tremendous; formidable; ringing; constant perpetual; high-pitched; subtle; stimulating reasonable; vague; unvoiced; startling blue; definite; objective; hysterical; visual; roguish; hoarse; loud; singing heroic; silent; singular; provocative; sonorous; contemptuous; roistering; gay; feeble stormy; direct; unsuccessful; peremptory demoniac; concentrated; insolent; manifest artistic; chivalrous; pert;
Verbs for Challenge
arouse—; blaze—; cringe before—; debate—; defy—; deliver—; fling—; howl—; hurl—; ignore—; meet—; open to—; point—; read—; refuse—; ridicule—; scorn—; take up—; whistle—; —echoes; —rings; —resounds ; —withers.
Adverbs for Challenge
egotistically; gruffly; justly; promptly; insolently; bravely; provocatively; sonorously; directly; peremptorily; demoniacally; pertly; mockingly; sinisterly; sternly; stridently; formidably; hysterically; definitely; startlingly; fiercely; wantonly; snarlingly.
Synonyms for Challenge
demand, question, defiance, invitation, trial, obstacle, opportunity.
Antonyms for Challenge
agreement, acceptance, victory, gentle, submissive, lowly, insufficient, part, contingent, complaisant, accountable, responsible, limited, lenient, tractable.
Thesaurus
dare, dash, declaration of war, declare war, defeat, defi, defiance, defy, demand, demanding, demonstrate, demonstrate against, demonstration, demur, demurral, demurrer, denial, deny, destroy, difficulty, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, dish, dispute, dissent, dissentience, distrust, double dare, double-dare, doubt, elude, emulate, encounter, enter a protest, envisage, exact, exacting, examination, exception, expostulate, expostulation, extort, face, face down, face out, face up to, face with, flummox, foil, fractiousness, front, frustrate, gage, gage of battle, gainsay, gauntlet, glove, greet with skepticism, grievance, grievance committee, half believe, harbor suspicions, have reservations, head wind, holler, howl, impose, impugn, impugnation, impugnment, indent, indignation meeting, inquiring, insistence, interpellation, interrogation, invitation, invite, issue an ultimatum, jockey, kick, kick against, kindle, knock the chocks, lay before, lay claim to, levy, levy war on, make a demand, make a stand, make war on, march, meet, meet head-on, meet squarely, misgive, mistrust, negate, negation, negativism, noncooperation, nonplus, nonviolent protest, object, object to, objection, obstinacy, offer resistance, open hostilities, oppose, opposing, opposition, opposure, oppugn, oppugnation, order, order up, outdare, outvie, passive resistance, perplex, picket, picketing, place an order, place before, postulate, present to, press objections, pretend to, probing, problem, protest, protest demonstration, protestation, provocation, provoke, pumping, put in requisition, put it to, qualm, query, querying, question, questioning, quiz, quizzing, raise a howl, raise a question, rally, reaction, rebel yell, rebuff, rebut, rebutment, rebuttal, recalcitrance, recalcitrancy, recalcitrate, recalcitration, refractoriness, refusal, reject, rejection, reluct, reluctance, remonstrance, remonstrate, remonstration, renitence, renitency, repellence, repellency, repulse, repulsion, require, requisition, resistance, revolt, rival, rouse, ruin, sabotage, scotch, scream defiance, screw, scruple, seeking, set before, show fight, sit in, sit-in, smell a rat, solicit, spike, spoil, squawk, stand, stand at bay, stand up against, stand up to, standing against, stare down, state a grievance, stem, stimulation, stir, stonewall, strike, strive, strive against, struggle, stump, summon, summons, suspect, take exception to, teach in, teach-in, test, test one another, throw doubt upon, thwart, traversal, traverse, treat with reserve, trial, try, ultimatum, uncooperativeness, undercurrent, upset, venture, vie, vie with, wake, waken, war cry, war whoop, warn, whet, withstand, withstanding, yell bloody murder, affront, arouse, ask, ask for, asking, attack, awake a doubt, awaken, baffle, balk, banter, battle cry, be contrary to, be diffident, be doubtful, be dubious, be skeptical, be uncertain, beard, beef, belie, bestir, bid defiance, bid to combat, bitch, blackmail, blast, boggle, boycott, brave, breast, bring before, bring forward, bring up, bringing into question, bucking, call, call for, call in question, call into question, call out, calling, cartel, catechetical method, catechization, catechizing, challenge, checkmate, circumvent, claim, claiming, clamor for, combative reaction, compete, compete with, complain, complain loudly, complaint, compunction, confound, confront, confront with, confrontation, contend with, contention, contest, contradict, contradiction, contravention, contraversion, controvert, cope, counter, counteract, counteraction, countermand, counterwork, counterworking, cross, crosscurrent, crossing, cry for, cry out against,
Etymology
From Old French chalonge, chalenge.
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French
Etymology
English challenge, originally from Old French
Noun
Challenge m. (plural Challenges)
