bucked
Defied the trend
Bucked is the past tense of buck.
A horse that bucked threw its rider by jumping with an arched back.
Someone who bucked a trend or system resisted or opposed it: She bucked convention and started her own business.
To be bucked up is to be encouraged or cheered: The good news really bucked me up.
Refused to yield
- opposedAgainst something stated
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- defiedOpenly resisted authority
- disobeyedFailed to follow orders
flouted · rebelled · contradicted · countered · rejected · spurned · protested · revolted
Abruptly shaken or startled
- lurchedMoved with sudden unsteadiness
- jumpedMoved by springing
- kickedStruck with foot
- rearedRaised to maturity
convulsed · spasmed · jerked · shuddered · pitched · bounced · heaved · thrashed
Confused or unbalanced
- dislodgedMoved from fixed position
- unseatedRemoved from position
- tossedThrew lightly
- flungPast tense of hurl
ejected · catapulted · hurled · launched · shook off · upended · pitched · jolted
Unbroken saddle horse
- rodeoCowboy skills competition
- saddleMounted rider's seat
- cowboyMounted cattle herder
- stallionIntact male breeding horse
mustang · rider · corral · spurs · stirrups · wrangler · lasso · chaps
Acted in opposition to
- counteredResponded to challenge
- reversedFlipped to opposite orientation
- resistedRefused to yield
- contradictedOpposed a statement
deviated · diverged · contrarian · outlier · anomaly · exception · nonconformity
resisted
Refused to yield
- opposedAgainst something stated
- challengedDisputed or questioned
- defiedOpenly resisted authority
disobeyed · flouted · rebelled · contradicted · countered · rejected · spurned · protested · revolted · dissented
jolted
Abruptly shaken or startled
reared · convulsed · spasmed · jerked · shuddered · pitched · bounced · heaved · thrashed · jarred
threw off
Confused or unbalanced
flung · ejected · catapulted · hurled · launched · shook off · upended · pitched · jolted · reared
bronco
Unbroken saddle horse
stallion · mustang · rider · corral · spurs · stirrups · wrangler · lasso · chaps · ranch
went against
Acted in opposition to
contradicted · deviated · diverged · contrarian · outlier · anomaly · exception · nonconformity
buckedconformed
Acted according to expectations
complied · submitted · obeyed · yielded · surrendered
buckeddiscouraged
Having lost confidence or enthusiasm
disheartened · dispirited · demoralized · dejected · deflated
- bucket listPre-death wish inventory
- big bucksLarge sums of money
- drop in the bucketInsignificant portion of total
- kicked the bucketDied, colloquially
- kick the bucketSlang for dying
- pass the buckTransfer responsibility elsewhere
bucket, buck, bucks, buckets, unbuckle, unbuckled, bucketful, buckshot, bucking