How to pronounce defy in British English
“defy” pronunciation by British speakers
Listen to defy the way British speakers say it — in real sentences from public video clips that play here, on YouTongue.
Hear “defy” in: all accents · American English (110 clips)
“defy” in real sentences — British speakers
36 clips in the index. Clips come from public YouTube videos — parliaments, government agencies and independent channels.
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I got to defy defy gravity and absale down a mountain at the speed of light.
The Scottish Parliament
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I defy other Members to mention as many schools as that.
UK Parliament
Words that sound like “defy”
Words one sound away from defy — the pairs that are easy to mix up. Listen to them back to back.
Other forms of “defy”
Why real speech
A dictionary gives you one careful reading of defy. Conversation gives you the stress, the vowel reduction and the speed that people actually use — and they differ between accents. YouTongue plays the surrounding sentence, so you hear the word in the rhythm it belongs to.