NOUN | attribute | defiance, rebelliousness | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude |
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communication | defiance | a hostile challenge | |
act | defiance | a defiant act |
Sounds | dihfay'ahns | |
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Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... |
Meaning | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude. | |
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Synonym | rebelliousness | |
Narrower | insubordination | defiance of authority |
obstreperousness | noisy defiance | |
Broader | intractability, intractableness | The trait of being hard to influence or control |
Spanish | desafío, rebeldía | |
Catalan | rebeldia | |
Adjectives | defiant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
Meaning | A hostile challenge. | |
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Broader | challenge | A call to engage in a contest / contest or fight |
Spanish | desafío, provocación | |
Adjectives | defiant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
Verbs | defy | challenge |
Meaning | A defiant act. | |
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Broader | resistance | group action in opposition to those in power |
Spanish | desafío | |
Catalan | desafiament | |
Adjectives | defiant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
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