defiant
characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
Origin of defiant
1Other words for defiant
Opposites for defiant
Other words from defiant
- de·fi·ant·ly, adverb
- de·fi·ant·ness, noun
- half-de·fi·ant, adjective
- non·de·fi·ant, adjective
- non·de·fi·ant·ness, noun
- o·ver·de·fi·ant, adjective
- o·ver·de·fi·ant·ness, noun
- qua·si-de·fi·ant, adjective
- un·de·fi·ant, adjective
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How to use defiant in a sentence
Following the announcement by James, Cuomo remained defiant as he faced potentially grave legal consequences.
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Even as world leaders turned their attention to ransomware and threatened action, REvil was defiant—until now.
The world’s biggest ransomware gang just disappeared from the internet | Patrick Howell O'Neill | July 13, 2021 | MIT Technology ReviewPrince’s testimony in Congress about the incident drove a national debate about the privatization of war, turning him, at the age of 38, into the defiant face of the modern-day mercenary.
Exclusive: Documents Reveal Erik Prince's $10 Billion Plan to Make Weapons and Create a Private Army in Ukraine | Simon Shuster/Kyiv | July 7, 2021 | TimeHis tone was somewhat aggressive, defiant if you will, at first.
Coursing beneath the polished surface of the love poems is something deep, dark, and defiant.
Sor Juana: Mexico’s Most Erotic Poet and Its Most Dangerous Nun | Katie Baker | November 8, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTShultz, who left the meeting early, told aides the president was “defiant” about going forward.
How the Reagan White House Bungled Its Response to Iran-Contra Revelations | Malcolm Byrne | November 3, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe force that inspires defiant videos and top-of-their-lungs screeching tweens is, in fact, a media-shy 43-year old Swedish… man.
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Cara Delevingne, Ireland Baldwin, and How Sexually Uninhibited Models Are Bucking the Male Gaze | Amanda Marcotte | July 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAJAM chief executive officer Ehab Al Shihabi struck a defiant note.
This defiant answer nonplussed the rebels, who had private interests to consider.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanThe old Negro watched the approaching flare of the head-light as he ran on, with a grim, defiant eye.
A Lost Hero | Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward and Herbert D. WardAcross the middle of the cage a stout barricade has been erected, and behind the barricade sits the Master, pale but defiant.
defiant messages were sent by the Dattos, and General Wood decided to conduct operations in person.
The Philippine Islands | John ForemanPerhaps that was why, even in the year 3689, defiant names still cropped up.
The Man from Time | Frank Belknap Long
British Dictionary definitions for defiant
/ (dɪˈfaɪənt) /
marked by resistance or bold opposition, as to authority; challenging
Derived forms of defiant
- defiantly, adverb
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