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.
Synonyms & Antonyms of defiance
Synonyms:
- insubordination
- waywardness
- unruliness
- contumacy
- stubbornness
- recalcitrance
- refractoriness
- rudeness
- intractability
Antonyms:
Synonyms:
- pertinacity
- noncooperation
- obstreperousness
- balkiness
- frowardness
- obstinacy
- naughtiness
- doggedness
- perversity
- impudence
- ungraciousness
- self-will
- inconsideration
- pigheadedness
- inconsiderateness
- tenaciousness
- civil disobedience
- tenacity
- impertinence
- peevishness
- mischievousness
- obduracy
- insolence
- impoliteness
Antonyms:
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
willfulness,rebellion, disrespect, rebelliousness, disobedience, contrariness,insubordination, waywardness, unruliness, contumacy
compliance,compliance, submission, amiability, submission, obedience, obedience, tractability, subordination, tractability
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.
