Meaning of DEFIANT
| Pronunciation: | | di'fIunt
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| | Definition: | | [adj] boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude" |
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| | Synonyms: | | insubordinate, noncompliant, obstreperous, recalcitrant, resistant, resistive |
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| | Antonyms: | | compliant | | |
| | See Also: | | disobedient, intractable, unmanageable, unwilling | |
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| | Definition: | |  Defiant
Rugged attorney Travis Bodine faces the greatest challenge of his career when he must defend his brother Rafe against murder charges. And, as if that wasn`t enough to handle, his ex-fiance, attorney Hannah Louise Barkley, has been hired by his sister-in-law to join him on the case. Somehow these two stubborn lawyers will have to find a way to work together--and ignore the overwhelming passion that still simmers between them--long enough to save Rafe`s life. more details ... |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
In attitude stern and defiant. --Longfellow.
-- {De*fi"ant*ly}, adv. -- {De*fi"ant*ness}, n.
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| | Related Terms: | | 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 |
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