"defiant" meaning in All languages combined

See defiant on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/ [UK], /dɪˈfaɪənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-defiant.ogg [US] Forms: more defiant [comparative], most defiant [superlative]
Rhymes: -aɪənt Etymology: Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, defy + -ant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|défiant}} French défiant, {{m|fr|défier}} défier, {{doublet|en|diffident}} Doublet of diffident, {{surf|en|defy|-ant}} By surface analysis, defy + -ant Head templates: {{en-adj}} defiant (comparative more defiant, superlative most defiant)
  1. Defying. Translations (defying): непокорен (nepokoren) (Bulgarian), неподчиняващ се (nepodčinjavašt se) (Bulgarian), trodsig (Danish), uhmakas (Finnish), uhitteleva (Finnish), keck (German), frech (German), trotzig (German), dacos (Hungarian), kihívó (Hungarian), pimasz (Hungarian), insolente (Italian), spavaldo (Italian), provocatorio (Italian), 反抗的な (hankōteki na) (Japanese), contumax (Latin), whakatumatuma (Maori), whakaio (Maori), desafiador (Portuguese), непоко́рный (nepokórnyj) (Russian), де́рзкий (dérzkij) (Russian), desafiante (Spanish), trotsig (Swedish), küstah (Turkish), serkeş (Turkish), meydan okuyucu (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-defiant-en-adj-beMhWPyI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ant Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 55 25 20 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ant: 58 25 17 Disambiguation of 'defying': 95 5
  2. Boldly resisting opposition. Translations (boldly resisting opposition): предизвикателен (predizvikatelen) (Bulgarian), malobeema (Esperanto), uhmakas (Finnish), trotzig (German), ellenszegülő (Hungarian), ribelle (Italian), apertamente disobbediente (Italian), 開き直った (hirakinaotta) (Japanese), contumax (Latin), непоко́рный (nepokórnyj) (Russian), неповину́ющийся (nepovinújuščijsja) (Russian), вызыва́ющий (vyzyvájuščij) (note: of the attitude) (Russian), fresco (Spanish), contestatario (Spanish), utmanande (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-defiant-en-adj-LJd00IPm Disambiguation of 'boldly resisting opposition': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: dareful, rebellious Derived forms: oppositional defiant disorder

Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/ [UK], /dɪˈfaɪənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-defiant.ogg [US] Forms: defiants [plural]
Rhymes: -aɪənt Etymology: Borrowed from French défiant, from the verb défier. Doublet of diffident. By surface analysis, defy + -ant. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|défiant}} French défiant, {{m|fr|défier}} défier, {{doublet|en|diffident}} Doublet of diffident, {{surf|en|defy|-ant}} By surface analysis, defy + -ant Head templates: {{en-noun}} defiant (plural defiants)
  1. One who defies opposition. Categories (topical): Personality
    Sense id: en-defiant-en-noun-gr2j4ItH Disambiguation of Personality: 5 42 53

Verb [Latin]

Forms: dēfīant [canonical]
Head templates: {{head|la|verb form|head=dēfīant}} dēfīant
  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of dēfīō Tags: active, form-of, plural, present, subjunctive, third-person Form of: dēfīō
    Sense id: en-defiant-la-verb-68G4lTqD Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for defiant meaning in All languages combined (9.6kB)

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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "dareful"
    },
    {
      "word": "rebellious"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepokoren",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "непокорен"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nepodčinjavašt se",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "неподчиняващ се"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "trodsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "uhmakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "uhitteleva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "keck"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "frech"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "trotzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "dacos"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "kihívó"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "pimasz"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "insolente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "spavaldo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "provocatorio"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hankōteki na",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "反抗的な"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "contumax"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "whakatumatuma"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "whakaio"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "desafiador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepokórnyj",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "непоко́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dérzkij",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "де́рзкий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "desafiante"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "trotsig"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "küstah"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "serkeş"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "defying",
      "word": "meydan okuyucu"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predizvikatelen",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "предизвикателен"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "malobeema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "uhmakas"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "trotzig"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "ellenszegülő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "ribelle"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "apertamente disobbediente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hirakinaotta",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "開き直った"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "contumax"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepokórnyj",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "непоко́рный"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nepovinújuščijsja",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "неповину́ющийся"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "note": "of the attitude",
      "roman": "vyzyvájuščij",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "вызыва́ющий"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "fresco"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "contestatario"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "boldly resisting opposition",
      "word": "utmanande"
    }
  ],
  "word": "defiant"
}

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    "English entries with incorrect language header",
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    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from French",
    "English terms derived from French",
    "English terms suffixed with -ant",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:English/aɪənt",
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    },
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      "args": {
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      },
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      "expansion": "defiant (plural defiants)",
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  "pos": "noun",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1966, British Broadcasting Corporation. Monitoring Service, Summary of World Broadcasts: Non-Arab Africa (issues 2262-2303)",
          "text": "Countries condemning South Africa, Portugal and Rhodesia still find it necessary to trade with these defiants against so-called world opinion."
        },
        {
          "ref": "John Michael Doris, Lack of Character: Personality and Moral Behavior (page 48)",
          "text": "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."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "One who defies opposition."
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "ipa": "/dɪˈfaɪ(j)ənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɪˈfaɪənt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
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      "rhymes": "-aɪənt"
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5d/En-us-defiant.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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  "word": "defiant"
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      "tags": [
        "canonical"
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      "name": "head"
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  "lang_code": "la",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Latin entries with incorrect language header",
        "Latin non-lemma forms",
        "Latin verb forms"
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          "word": "dēfīō"
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        "third-person plural present active subjunctive of dēfīō"
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  "word": "defiant"
}

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