defiant

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, def(i) +‎ -ant. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/ (US) IPA(key): /dɪˈfaɪənt/ Rhymes: -aɪənt Hyphenation: de‧fi‧ant === Adjective === defiant (comparative more defiant, superlative most defiant) Defying. Boldly resisting opposition. ==== Synonyms ==== dareful rebellious recalcitrant truculent ==== Antonyms ==== docile, obedient, submissive dominant ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== === Noun === defiant (plural defiants) One who defies opposition. 1966, British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service, Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa (issues 2262-2303) Countries condemning South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia still find it necessary to trade with these defiants against so-called world opinion. John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48) Damn the obedients and hail the defiants if you will; the experiment does not motivate confidence about how particular subjects would behave in markedly dissimilar situations. === Further reading === “defiant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin Eli Smith, editors (1895–1910), “defiant”, in The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia: […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. === Anagrams === fainted == Latin == === Verb === dēfīant third-person plural present active subjunctive of dēfīō