defiant

dɪˈfʌɪənt

adjective

showing defiance.

a defiant gesture

SYNONYMS

aggressiveantagonisticargumentativebellicosebelligerentchallengingcombativeconfrontationalcontentiouscontumaciousdisobedientdissentingfeistyhostileinsubordinateintransigentmutinousnon-compliantobstinateobstreperouspugnaciousquarrelsomerebelliousrecalcitrantresistantscrappystroppysubversivetruculentuncooperative