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| Main Entry: | defiant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, disregardful |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, audacious, bold, contumacious, daring, gutsy*, insolent, insubordinate, mutinous, obstinate, provocative, rebellious, recalcitrant, reckless, refractory, resistant, sassy*, truculent, challenging, insubmissive, resistive |
| Antonyms: | obedient, respectful, submissive, acquiescent, submitting, subordinating |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | brave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bold |
| Synonyms: | adventurous, audacious, chivalrous, confident, courageous, daring, dashing, dauntless, defiant, doughty, fearless, firm, foolhardy, forward, gallant, game, gritty, gutsy, hardy, heroic, imprudent, indomitable, intrepid, lionhearted, militant, nervy, plucky, reckless, resolute, spirited, spunky, stalwart, stout, stouthearted, strong, unafraid, undaunted, valiant, valorous, venturesome, chin-up, herolike, unabashed, unblenching, undauntable, undismayed, unfearful |
| Antonyms: | afraid, cautious, fearful, frightened, humble, meek, reticent, retiring, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | brazen |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | brash, unashamed |
| Synonyms: | audacious, barefaced, blatant, bold, brassy, cheeky, cocky, defiant, flashy, flip, forward, gritty, gutsy, immodest, impertinent, impudent, indecent, insolent, loud, meretricious, nervy, pert, saucy, shameless, spunky, tawdry, contumelious, hotshot, overbold, smart-alecky, smart-ass, unabashed, unblushing |
| Antonyms: | humble, meek, shamed, shamefaced, shy, timid |
| Main Entry: | insubordinate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | contrary, contumacious, defiant, disaffected, disobedient, disorderly, factious, fractious, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, naughty, perverse, recalcitrant, refractory, riotous, seditious, treacherous, turbulent, undisciplined, ungovernable, unruly, dissentious, uncompliant, uncomplying |
| Antonyms: | compliant, obedient, behaved |
| Main Entry: | ironic/ironical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | considerate, deferential |
| Main Entry: | mutinous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | contumacious, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insubordinate, insurgent, radical, rebel, revolutionary, riotous, subversive, traitorous, ungovernable, unmanageable, anarchistic, insurrectionary, rioting, treasonable |
| Main Entry: | pugnacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent |
| Synonyms: | aggressive, antagonistic, argumentative, bellicose, cantankerous, choleric, combative, contentious, defiant, disputatious, hot-tempered, irascible, irritable, militant, petulant, pushing, pushy*, quarrelsome, rebellious, salty*, self-assertive, truculent, warlike, brawling, chip on shoulder, have a bone to pick, itching to fight, ready to fight, scrappy |
| Antonyms: | kind, laid-back, nice, easy-going |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | rebellious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, unmanageable |
| Synonyms: | alienated, bellicose, contumacious, defiant, difficult, disaffected, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, fractious, iconoclastic, incorrigible, insurgent, intractable, mutinous, obstinate, pugnacious, quarrelsome, radical, rebel, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, restless, revolutionary, riotous, seditious, threatening, turbulent, ungovernable, unruly, warring, anarchistic, attacking, individualistic, insurrectionary, rioting, sabotaging, treasonable |
| Antonyms: | compliant, governable, manageable, obedient |
| Main Entry: | recalcitrant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disobedient, uncontrollable |
| Synonyms: | contrary, contumacious, defiant, fractious, indomitable, insubordinate, intractable, obstinate, opposing, radical, rebellious, refractory, resistant, stubborn, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward, unwilling, wayward, wild, willful, insubmissive, resisting, undisciplinable, withstanding |
| Antonyms: | amenable, obedient, passive |
| Main Entry: | seditious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | bellicose, defiant, disloyal, disobedient, disorderly, dissident, factious, iconoclastic, insurgent, mutinous, radical, rebel, resistant, revolutionary, riotous, subversive, warring, anarchistic, insurrectionary, treasonable |
| Main Entry: | truculent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent, hateful |
| Synonyms: | abusive, aggressive, antagonistic, bad-tempered, barbarous, bellicose, brutal, bullying, caustic, combative, contentious, cross, defiant, ferocious, fierce, frightening, harsh, hostile, inhuman, intimidating, invective, mean, militant, mordant, obstreperous, opprobrious, ornery*, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rude, savage, scathing, scurrilous, sharp, sullen, terrifying, trenchant, violent, browbeating, contumelious, cowing, inhumane, mordacious, scrappy, terrorizing, vituperative, vituperous |
| Antonyms: | cooperative, gentle, mild, nice, tame |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | undisciplined |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | defiant, disorderly, headstrong, inconsistent, insubordinate, mischievous, naughty, noncompliant, unrestrained, unruly, untrained, wayward, lacking self-control, ungoverned |
| Main Entry: | ironic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | sarcastic |
| Synonyms: | acrid, alert, arrogant, backbiting, biting, bitter, burlesque, caustic, clever, contemptuous, contradictory, critical, cutting, cynical, defiant, derisive, disparaging, exaggerated, implausible, incisive, incongruous, keen, mocking, mordant, pungent, quick-witted, ridiculous, sardonic, satirical, scathing, sharp, sneering, spicy, trenchant, twisted, unexpected, witty, wry, chaffing, double-edged, ironical, jibing, paradoxical, satiric, scoffing, uncomplimentary |
| Antonyms: | sincere |
| Main Entry: | revolutionary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rebellious |
| Synonyms: | defiant, disobedient, disorderly, factious, insubordinate, insurgent, mutinous, radical, rebel, riotous, subversive, warring, anarchistic, rioting |
| Main Entry: | resistant |
| Part of Speech: | adjective1 |
| Definition: | antagonistic |
| Synonyms: | contrary, defiant, disobedient, opposing, rebellious, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | audacious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | arrogant, presumptuous |
| Synonyms: | assuming, bantam, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, cheeky*, defiant, disrespectful, forward, impertinent, impudent, insolent, nervy, rude, saucy, shameless |
| Antonyms: | humble, modest, reserved, shy, timid |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | antagonism |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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adverse, antagonistic, at daggers drawn, at issue, at variance, at war with, averse, competitive, contrary, contumelious, cross, defiant, defying, derf, emulous, front to front, harageous, hostile, hubristic, in hostile array, inimical, obstreperous, opposed, opposing, oppugnant, resistant, rivalrous, truculent, unfavorable, unfriendly, unpropitious, up in arms, with arms akimbo, with crossed bayonets
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| Main Entry: | menace |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
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