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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. boldly resisting authority or an opposing force;
- Example: "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"
- Example: "a defiant attitude"
[syn: defiant, noncompliant]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Defiant \De*fi"ant\, a. [Cf. F. d['e]fiant, p. pr. of d['e]fier.
   See Defy.]
   Full of defiance; bold; insolent; as, a defiant spirit or
   act.
   [1913 Webster]

         In attitude stern and defiant.           --Longfellow.
   -- De*fi"ant*ly, adv. -- De*fi"ant*ness, n.
   [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

defiant
    adj 1: boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought
           up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
           [syn: defiant, noncompliant] [ant: compliant]