adjective
defiant
dih-FEYE-uhnt
adjective
1
Boldly resisting authority, opposition, or a challenge.
"The defiant teenager refused to apologise."
"She gave a defiant speech to her critics."
Word Forms
more defiant comparative, defiants plural, most defiant superlative
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Etymology
From French défiant, from défier ("to defy"); a doublet of "diffident."