defiant

Definitions

Showing open resistance or bold disobedience.

Refusing to obey authority or conventional rules.

Examples

The defiant teenager refused to follow the new house rules.

Despite the overwhelming odds, the soldiers maintained a defiant stance against the enemy.

She gave a defiant look to her critics, proving she would not be intimidated.

Synonyms

rebellious insubordinate resistant unruly challenging mutinous contumacious

Antonyms

submissive obedient compliant yielding acquiescent deferential docile