The defiant manner is characteristic of teenagers.
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Defiant
//dɪˈfaɪənt//
Synonyms for "defiant" (78 found)
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Related words (39)
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Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesderived
5 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
13 entriesTranslations
47 translations across 17 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- неподчиняващ се adj (defying)
- непокорен adj (defying)
- предизвикателен adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Catalan
1 entries- desafiador adj (defying)
Danish
1 entries- trodsig adj (defying)
Esperanto
2 entries- defia adj (defying)
- malobeema adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Finnish
3 entries- uhitteleva adj (defying)
- uhmakas adj (defying)
- uhmakas adj (boldly resisting opposition)
German
4 entries- frech adj (defying)
- keck adj (defying)
- trotzig adj (defying)
- trotzig adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Hungarian
4 entries- dacos adj (defying)
- ellenszegülő adj (boldly resisting opposition)
- kihívó adj (defying)
- pimasz adj (defying)
Italian
4 entries- apertamente disobbediente adj (boldly resisting opposition)
- insolente adj (defying)
- provocatorio adj (defying)
- ribelle adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Japanese
2 entries- 反抗的な adj (defying)
- 開き直った adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Latin
2 entries- contumax adj (defying)
- contumax adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Māori
2 entries- whakaio adj (defying)
- whakatumatuma adj (defying)
Portuguese
1 entries- desafiador adj (defying)
Russian
4 entries- вызыва́ющий adj (boldly resisting opposition)
- де́рзкий adj (defying)
- неповину́ющийся adj (boldly resisting opposition)
- непоко́рный adj (defying)
Spanish
4 entries- achorado adj (boldly resisting opposition)
- contestatario adj (boldly resisting opposition)
- desafiante adj (defying)
- fresco adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Swedish
2 entries- trotsig adj (defying)
- utmanande adj (boldly resisting opposition)
Turkish
3 entries- küstah adj (defying)
- meydan okuyucu adj (defying)
- serkeş adj (defying)
Welsh
1 entries- herfeiddiol adj (defying)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
It is his defiant attitude that made the chief angry.
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He often takes a defiant attitude toward us.
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He suddenly took a defiant attitude toward the police officer.
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