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defiant

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de·fi·ant  (d-fnt)
adj.
Marked by defiance; boldly resisting.

de·fiant·ly adv.
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Adj.1.defiant - boldly resisting authority or an opposing force; "brought up to be aggressive and defiant"; "a defiant attitude"
difficult, unmanageable - hard to control; "a difficult child", "an unmanageable situation"
disobedient - not obeying or complying with commands of those in authority; "disobedient children"
insubordinate - not submissive to authority; "a history of insubordinate behavior"; "insubordinate boys"
intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal"
unwilling - not disposed or inclined toward; "an unwilling assistant"; "unwilling to face facts"
compliant - disposed or willing to comply; "children compliant with the parental will"

defiant
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Spanish defiant [dɪˈfaɪənt] adj (= insolent) → insolente (= challenging); retador(a)
French defiant [dɪˈfaɪənt] defiance adjprovocant(e)de défi; [person] → rebelle, intraitable
German defiant [dɪˈfaɪənt] adjtrotzig;
(challenging) → herausfordernd

Italian defiant [dɪˈfaɪənt] adj [attitude] → di sfida; [person] → ribelle

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She could not call the colour that had left it back to her face, but she had steadied her voice, she had recovered the defiant self-possession of her manner when she answered me.
The blacks were getting more sullen and defiant, and the appearance of the men the previous night on his veranda--one of the gravest of offences on Berande--was ominous.
She was a slender, dark girl, with black, defiant eyes.
 
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