adj
Meaning 1
Defying.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
defiant
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/
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US: /dɪˈfaɪənt/
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rhymes with -aɪənt
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adj
Meaning 2
Boldly resisting opposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
One who defies opposition.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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adjective
Meaning 4
boldly resisting authority or an opposing force
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- brought up to be aggressive and defiant
- a defiant attitude
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: noncompliant
Antonyms: compliant
History
Etymology
Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, def(i) + -ant.
Across languages
Translations
49 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: непокорен (nepokoren) — defying
- Bulgarian: неподчиняващ се (nepodčinjavašt se) — defying
- Catalan: desafiador — defying
- Danish: trodsig — defying
- Esperanto: defia — defying
- Finnish: uhmakas — defying
- Finnish: uhitteleva — defying
- German: keck — defying
- German: frech — defying
- German: trotzig — defying
- Hungarian: dacos — defying
- Hungarian: kihívó — defying
- Hungarian: pimasz — defying
- Italian: insolente — defying
- Italian: spavaldo — defying
- Italian: provocatorio — defying
- Japanese: 反抗的な (hankōteki na) — defying
- Latin: contumax — defying
- Māori: whakatumatuma — defying
- Māori: whakaio — defying
- Portuguese: desafiador — defying
- Russian: непоко́рный (nepokórnyj) — defying
- Russian: де́рзкий (dérzkij) — defying
- Spanish: desafiante — defying
- Spanish: desafiador — defying
- Spanish: suponer un desafío — defying
- Swedish: trotsig — defying
- Turkish: küstah — defying
- Turkish: serkeş — defying
- Turkish: meydan okuyucu — defying
- Welsh: herfeiddiol — defying
- Bulgarian: предизвикателен (predizvikatelen) — boldly resisting opposition
- Esperanto: malobeema — boldly resisting opposition
- Finnish: uhmakas — boldly resisting opposition
- German: trotzig — boldly resisting opposition
- Hungarian: ellenszegülő — boldly resisting opposition
- Italian: ribelle — boldly resisting opposition
- Italian: apertamente disobbediente — boldly resisting opposition
- Japanese: 開き直った (hirakinaotta) — boldly resisting opposition
- Latin: contumax — boldly resisting opposition
- Russian: непоко́рный (nepokórnyj) — boldly resisting opposition
- Russian: неповину́ющийся (nepovinújuščijsja) — boldly resisting opposition
- Russian: вызыва́ющий (vyzyvájuščij) — boldly resisting opposition
- Spanish: fresco — boldly resisting opposition
- Spanish: contestatario — boldly resisting opposition
- Spanish: inconformista — boldly resisting opposition
- Spanish: impugnador — boldly resisting opposition
- Spanish: achorado — boldly resisting opposition
- Swedish: utmanande — boldly resisting opposition