defiant

Meaning of defiant

adjective
  1. 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:

noncompliant

Meaning unwilling or refusing to change one's views or to agree about something:

intransigent

Meaning offering resistance to something or someone:

resistant

Meaning stubbornly refusing to change one's opinion or chosen course of action, despite attempts to persuade one to do so:

obstinate

Meaning unwilling to help others or do what they ask:

uncooperative

Meaning having an obstinately uncooperative attitude towards authority or discipline:

recalcitrant

Meaning tending to deal with situations in an aggressive way; hostile or argumentative:

confrontational

Meaning testing one's abilities; demanding:

challenging

Meaning ready or likely to attack or confront; characterized by or resulting from aggression:

aggressive

Meaning hostile and aggressive:

belligerent

Meaning eager or quick to argue, quarrel, or fight:

pugnacious

Meaning demonstrating aggression and willingness to fight:

bellicose

Meaning ready or eager to fight or argue:

combative

Meaning showing or feeling active opposition or hostility towards someone or something:

antagonistic

Meaning showing or feeling opposition or dislike; unfriendly:

hostile

Meaning noisy and difficult to control:

obstreperous

Meaning eager or quick to argue or fight; aggressively defiant:

truculent

Meaning holding or expressing opinions that are at variance with those commonly or officially held:

dissenting

Meaning given to arguing:

argumentative

Meaning given to or characterized by quarrelling:

quarrelsome

Meaning (of a person) given to provoking argument:

contentious

Meaning refusing to obey rules or someone in authority:

disobedient

Meaning defiant of authority; disobedient to orders:

insubordinate

Meaning seeking or intended to subvert an established system or institution:

subversive

Meaning showing a desire to resist authority, control, or convention:

rebellious

Meaning (of a soldier or sailor) refusing to obey the orders of a person in authority:

mutinous

Meaning (of a person, typically one who is relatively small) lively, determined, and courageous:

feisty

Meaning bad-tempered and argumentative:

stroppy

Meaning (of a person or attitude) deliberately combative or uncooperative:

bolshie

Meaning consisting of disorganized, untidy, or incomplete parts:

scrappy

Meaning (especially of a defendant's behaviour) stubbornly or wilfully disobedient to authority:

contumacious

defiant antonyms

Meaning expressing or showing regretful acknowledgement of an offence or failure:

apologetic

Meaning involving mutual assistance in working towards a common goal:

cooperative

Translation of defiant

Anagrams of defiant

fainted

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