defiance
Meaning of defiance
- open resistance; bold disobedience.
an act of defiance
the demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings
Middle English (denoting the renunciation of an allegiance or friendship): from Old French, from defier ‘defy’.
Information about defiance
- It is a name.
- The plural form of defiance is: defiances.
- Languages in which defiance is used:
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Hyphenation of defiance
de-fi-ance
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- defiance is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
defiance synonyms
Meaning rebelliousness:
Meaning the use of force or violence to oppose someone or something:
Meaning resistance or dissent, expressed in action or argument:
Meaning a hostile or argumentative situation or meeting between opposing parties:
Meaning failure or refusal to obey rules or someone in authority:
Meaning defiance of authority; refusal to obey orders:
Meaning the holding or expression of opinions at variance with those commonly or officially held:
Meaning the undermining of the power and authority of an established system or institution:
Meaning action or speech that makes someone angry, especially deliberately:
Meaning adventurous courage:
Meaning willingness to take risks and act innovatively; confidence or courage:
Meaning excessive confidence or boldness; audacity:
Meaning rude or disrespectful behaviour; impudence:
Meaning a bold manner or a show of boldness intended to impress or intimidate:
Meaning feelings of anger or antipathy resulting in hostile or violent behaviour; readiness to attack or confront:
Meaning the feeling that a person or a thing is worthless or beneath consideration:
Meaning the action or state of paying no attention to something:
Meaning a feeling and expression of contempt or disdain for someone or something:
Meaning rude and disrespectful behaviour:
Meaning stubborn refusal to obey or comply with authority, especially disobedience to a court order or summons:
defiance antonyms
Meaning the action of accepting or yielding to a superior force or to the will or authority of another person:
Meaning compliance with an order, request, or law or submission to another's authority:
Translation of defiance
Words that rhyme with defiance
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