попира́ть — meaning in English
popirat
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English meaning
Senses
попира́ть is used for these senses in English:
- contemn (transitive, archaic) To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- defy (transitive, obsolete) To renounce or dissolve all bonds of affiance, faith, or obligation with; to reject, refuse, or renounce.
- ride roughshod over (transitive, idiomatic) To treat (someone) roughly or without care, control, moderation, or respect; to act in a bullying manner toward (someone); to damage (someone or something).
contemn — full definition
- verb To disdain; to value at little or nothing; to treat or regard with contempt.
- verb To commit an offence of contempt, such as contempt of court; to unlawfully flout (e.g. a ruling).
defy — full definition
- verb To openly refuse to obey or comply with something.
- verb To resist or fail to conform to something, as if impossible to overcome.