defiant
Meaning of defiant
adjective
- showing defiance.
a defiant gesture
Information about defiant
- It is an adjective.
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Hyphenation of defiant
de-fi-ant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 7 chars.
- defiant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
defiant synonyms
Meaning noncompliant:
Meaning unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something:
Meaning offering resistance to something or someone:
Meaning stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so:
Meaning unwilling to help others or do what they ask:
Meaning having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline:
Meaning tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative:
Meaning testing one's abilities; demanding:
Meaning ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression:
Meaning hostile and aggressive:
Meaning eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight:
Meaning demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight:
Meaning ready or eager to fight or argue:
Meaning showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something:
Meaning showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly:
Meaning noisy and difficult to control:
Meaning eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant:
Meaning holding or expressing opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held:
Meaning given to arguing:
Meaning given to or characterized by quarrelling:
Meaning (of a person) given to provoking argument:
Meaning refusing to obey rules or someone in authority:
Meaning defiant of authority; disobedient to orders:
Meaning seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution:
Meaning showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:
Meaning (of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority:
Meaning (of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous:
Meaning bad-tempered and argumentative:
Meaning (of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative:
Meaning consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts:
Meaning (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority:
defiant antonyms
Meaning expressing or showing regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure:
Meaning involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal:
Translation of defiant
- German: trotzig
- Portuguese: rebelde
- Spanish: rebelde, recalcitrante
- Italian: insolente, provocatorio
Anagrams of defiant
Words that rhyme with defiant
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