defiant Play adjectiveShowing defiance. SYNONYMS aggressiveantagonisticargumentativebellicosebelligerentchallengingcombativeconfrontationalcontentiouscontumaciousdisobedientdissentingfeistyhostileinsubordinateintransigentmutinousnon-compliantobstinateobstreperouspugnaciousquarrelsomerebelliousrecalcitrantresistantscrappystroppysubversivetruculentuncooperative