Defiant synonyms
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Requiring or exhibiting courage or daring:
Capable of, offering, or showing resistance. Often used in combination:
rebellious (related)
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a rebel or rebellion:
To pay no attention or heed to; ignore:
Requiring the full application of one's abilities, attention, or resources:
Bold courage; daring
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The act of confronting or challenging another, especially face-to-face
The act of defying; open, bold resistance to authority or opposition
The quality of being refractory.
To come face to face with, especially with defiance or hostility:
To defy is defined as to work against or resist something.
To be or act in contention or conflict with:
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To withstand; oppose; fend off; stand firm against; withstand the action of
respectful (antonym)
Full of or characterized by respect; showing deference or dutiful regard
Contending or acting against; as, antagonistic forces.
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The definition of recalcitrant is having behavior that is difficult to deal with and being uncooperative with authority.
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(Law) Willfully disobedient to the summons or orders of a court.
(Archaic, literary) Rudely contemptuous; showing contumely; insolent or disdainful.
Not obedient.
Boldly disrespectful in speech or behavior; impertinent; impudent
insubmissive
Unwilling to submit; not submissive, disobedient
Turbulent and uncontrollable:
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The definition of a challenge is an act of rebellion against someone or something.
An act or instance of this
To defy; dare
To overcome or put an end to, especially by force or strong opposition:
The definition of impugn is to question the truthfulness or validity of a statement.
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To infringe; violate.
To call forth; evoke
To turn down (an applicant, as for a job); refuse to accept.
To cause to rise:
Test is defined as to participate in or administer an exam or evaluation.
To disregard or act in a manner that does not conform to (a law or promise, for example).
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submissive (antonym)
Having or showing a tendency to submit without resistance; docile; yielding
tractable (antonym)
The definition of tractable is someone or something easy to manage, control or handle.
subordinating (antonym)
disobedient, disregardful
submitting (antonym)
disobedient, disregardful
acquiescent (antonym)
Resting satisfied or submissive; disposed tacitly to submit; assentive; as, an acquiescent policy.
The definition of noncompliant is someone or something that doesn't conform to an accepted model or accepted standards.
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resolute (related)
defiantly (related)
Not submissive to authority:
Not restrained by a sense of shame or propriety; rudely bold; brazen
Resistant to heat; hard to melt or work
(Chess) A position in which the player on the move must yield with his king allowing his opponent to advance with his own king.
To try to overcome; struggle against or contend with
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To adorn the front of; to put on the front.
unrepentant (related)
Find another word for defiant. In this page you can discover 58 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for defiant, like: bold, resistant, obedient, rebellious, disregard, challenging, audacity, confrontation, defiance, impudence and refractoriness.