Meaning of DEFIANT
| Pronunciation: | | di'fIunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" |
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| | Synonyms: | | insubordinate, noncompliant, obstreperous, recalcitrant, resistant, resistive |
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| | Antonyms: | | compliant | | |
| | See Also: | | disobedient, intractable, unmanageable, unwilling | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \De*fi"ant\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]fiant, p. pr. of d['e]fier.
See {Defy}.]
Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or
act.
In attitude stern and defiant. --Longfellow.
-- {De*fi"ant*ly}, adv. -- {De*fi"ant*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | aggressive, antagonistic, arrogant, audacious, belligerent, beyond control, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, breachy, bumptious, challenging, cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, contumacious, daring, defying, derisive, disdainful, disobedient, disregardful, fractious, greatly daring, gutsy, headstrong, hostile, impatient of control, impertinent, impudent, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insolent, insubordinate, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, mutinous, obstinate, obstreperous, ornery, out of hand, pert, pugnacious, rebellious, recalcitrant, refractory, regardless of consequences, resistant, resisting, restive, saucy, self-willed, shrewish, spunky, stubborn, unbiddable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, unyielding, wild |
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