| ADJECTIVE | all | defiant, noncompliant | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force |
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| Sounds | dihfay'ahnt | |
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| Rhymes | abandonment ... wonderment: 671 rhymes with ahnt... | |
| Meaning | boldly resisting authority or an opposing force. | |
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| Synonym | noncompliant | |
| Narrower | insubordinate, resistant, resistive | disposed to or engaged in defiance of established authority |
| obstreperous | noisily and stubbornly defiant | |
| recalcitrant | marked by stubborn resistance / resistance to authority | |
| See also | disobedient | not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority |
| insubordinate | not submissive to authority | |
| intractable | not tractable | |
| unmanageable, difficult | Hard to control | |
| unwilling | not disposed or inclined toward | |
| Opposite | compliant | disposed or willing to comply |
| Spanish | desafiante, provocativo, rebelde | |
| Catalan | desafiador, desafiant, provocatiu | |
| Nouns | defiance | a defiant act |
| defiance | intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude | |
| defiance | a hostile challenge | |
| Adverbs | defiantly | in a rebellious manner |
| Verbs | defy | resist or confront with resistance / resistance |
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