defiantly Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- naughty
- ungovernable
- wilful
- wild
- dissident
- recalcitrant
- willful
- adamant
- rigid
- restive
- balky
- intractable
- froward
- contrary
- disobedient
- obstreperous
- dogged
- wayward
- refractory
- unruly
- unrelenting
- contumacious
- mischievous
- insubordinate
Weak:
- disrespectful
- rude
- disorderly
- mutinous
- monkeying
- unmannerly
- impudent
- pigheaded
- impolite
- discourteous
- uncontrollable
- incompliant
- mulish
- bad
- opinionated
- immovable
- self-willed
- nonconformist
- unyielding
- perverse
- undisciplined
- unbending
- untoward
- recusant
- obdurate
- headstrong
- uncompromising
- resistant
- peevish
- errant
- insolent
- implacable
- negativistic
- adamantine
- uncooperative
- obstinate
- inflexible
- insurgent
- hardheaded
- unmanageable
- inconsiderate
- pertinacious
- fractious
- noncooperative
- ornery
- wrongheaded
- impertinent
- ungracious
- uncivil
- uncouth
Strongest:
- amenable
- acquiescent
- behaved
- tractable
- submissive
- deferential
- amiable
- submissive
- obedient
- amenable
- conformable
- acquiescent
- obedient
- amiable
- conformable
- agreeable
- docile
- tractable
- docile
- agreeable
- behaved
- deferential
- compliant
- compliant
- cooperative
- cooperative
Strong:
- proper
- obsequious
- well-bred
- yielding
- yielding
- ruly
- obliging
- courteous
- polite
- well-bred
- biddable
- obliging
- orderly
- servile
- subservient
- slavish
- courteous
- subservient
- polite
- ruly
- proper
- respectful
- biddable
- disciplined
- slavish
- servile
- orderly
- obsequious
- respectful
- disciplined
Weak:
defiantly Meaning
defiantly (r)
in a rebellious manner
FAQs About the word defiantly
in a rebellious manner
rebellious, stubborn, rebel, naughty, ungovernable, wilful, wild, dissident, recalcitrant,willful
amenable, acquiescent, behaved, tractable, submissive, deferential, amiable, submissive, obedient, amenable
The boxer defiantly rose from the canvas after a brutal knockdown, ready to continue the fight.
The lone dissenter cast a defiant vote, standing by their convictions despite the opposing majority.
Trapped behind enemy lines, the soldiers held their fort defiantly, waiting for reinforcements.
The artist's vibrant colors seemed to defiantly burst from the canvas, challenging traditional norms.