Defiant

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
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           In attitude stern and defiant.           --Longfellow.
     -- {De*fi"ant*ly}, adv. -- {De*fi"ant*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  defiant
       adj : boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up
             to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
             [syn: {noncompliant}] [ant: {compliant}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  68 Moby Thesaurus words for "defiant":
     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