'Defiant' definitions:
Definition of 'defiant'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" [syn: defiant, noncompliant] [ant: compliant]
Definition of 'Defiant'
From: GCIDE
- Defiant \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. [1913 Webster]
- In attitude stern and defiant. --Longfellow. -- {De*fi"ant*ly}, adv. -- {De*fi"ant*ness}, n. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'defiant'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- 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