Definition of "defiant" in English

adjective

1. Defying.

2. Boldly resisting opposition.

noun

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.