defiance Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- refractoriness
- unruliness
- intractability
- recalcitrance
- waywardness
- insubordination
- rudeness
- stubbornness
- contumacy
Weak:
- impudence
- frowardness
- inconsiderateness
- obduracy
- mischievousness
- naughtiness
- noncooperation
- self-will
- pertinacity
- ungraciousness
- tenaciousness
- civil-disobedience
- perversity
- pigheadedness
- doggedness
- peevishness
- insolence
- obstreperousness
- impoliteness
- obstinacy
- tenacity
- inconsideration
- balkiness
- impertinence
Strongest:
- amiability
- compliance
- subservience
- obedience
- tractability
- obedience
- submission
- subordination
- submission
- subservience
- subordination
- compliance
- tractability
- amiability
Strong:
- subordinateness
- deference
- submissiveness
- slavishness
- amenability
- subordinateness
- subserviency
- tractableness
- subserviency
- deference
- tractableness
- docility
- submissiveness
- docility
- agreeability
- slavishness
- agreeability
- amenability
Weak:
defiance Meaning
defiance (n)
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude
a hostile challenge
a defiant act
defiance (n.)
The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat.
A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition.
A casting aside; renunciation; rejection.
defiance Sentence Examples
- Despite the curfew, a small group of protestors gathered in an act of defiance.
- The look in her eyes held a flicker of defiance, refusing to back down.
- The new law was met with widespread defiance from the affected communities.
- The lone soldier stood his ground against the overwhelming force, a symbol of unwavering defiance.
- Her art served as a powerful expression of defiance against societal norms.
- The children met their parents' restrictions with quiet defiance, refusing to give in entirely.
- The historical records documented the act of defiance that sparked the revolution.
- In defiance of the storm warnings, the captain set sail, determined to reach his destination.
- The journalist's exposé, filled with facts, was a direct defiance of the government's narrative.
- Throughout history, many have chosen to speak their truth in defiance of oppressive regimes.
FAQs About the word defiance
intentionally contemptuous behavior or attitude, a hostile challenge, a defiant actThe act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challeng
rebellion, disrespect, willfulness, rebelliousness, contrariness, disobedience, refractoriness, unruliness, intractability, recalcitrance
amiability,compliance, subservience, obedience, tractability, obedience, submission, subordination, submission, subservience
Despite the curfew, a small group of protestors gathered in an act of defiance.
The look in her eyes held a flicker of defiance, refusing to back down.
The new law was met with widespread defiance from the affected communities.
The lone soldier stood his ground against the overwhelming force, a symbol of unwavering defiance.
