defiant

adjective · nounB1

Định nghĩa theo từ loại

Tính từ

adjective

Comparative

more defiant

Superlative

most defiant

1.
Defying.
2.
Boldly resisting opposition.

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

defiants

1.
One who defies opposition.
Countries condemning South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia still find it necessary to trade with these defiants against so-called world opinion.
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.

Từ liên quan

Đồng nghĩa

darefulrebellious recalcitrant truculent

Trái nghĩa

docile obedient submissive dominantdocile, obedient, submissive

Cùng gốc / liên quan

defiantlydefiantnessnondefiant undefiantoppositional defiant disorderdefiance

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Nguồn gốc từ

French défiant, from the verb défier. diffident. defy.