Definitions for defiant

defiant de·fi·ant

Spelling: [dih-fahy-uh nt]
IPA: /dɪˈfaɪ ənt/

Defiant is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 211 anagrams from letters in defiant (adefint).

Definitions for defiant

adjective

  1. characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging:

Origin of defiant

1830-40; French défiant, Old French, present participle of defier to defy; see -ant

Examples for defiant

There was a defiant note in her voice, and Massachusetts looked at her with surprise.

If Rep. John C. Fleming has anything to do with it, the answer will be a defiant “no.”

He quitted the room, and Annabel ran after him, laughing and defiant still.

AJAM chief executive officer Ehab Al Shihabi struck a defiant note.

Up from vicious poverty, abuse, and segregation, Holiday was a defiant and challenging presence.

He looked as defiant, indeed, as if he had heard bullets whizzing past him.

The day closed with the men of Thomas still grim and defiant.

Lena nodded and went out, shutting the door with a defiant swing.

Coursing beneath the polished surface of the love poems is something deep, dark, and defiant.

Shultz, who left the meeting early, told aides the president was “defiant” about going forward.

Word Value for defiant
Scrable

11

Words with friends

12

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