defiant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj

noun

/dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/ /dɪˈfaɪənt/ en-us-defiant.ogg

defiant more defiant most defiant defiants

Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, def(i) + -ant.

dareful rebellious recalcitrant truculent

docile obedient submissive dominant

defiance

defiantly defiantness nondefiant oppositional defiant disorder undefiant

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