Reverse Dictionary: DEFIANT

ADJECTIVES
1400 — CROUSE bold, audacious, daring, hardy, forward, cocky, full of defiant confidence → obs. Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1605 — DAREFUL full of daring or defiance; adventurous → obs.
1635 — DEFIATORY bearing defiance or a challenge; defiant → obs.
1822 — BARDY forward, pert, shameless, audacious; insolent; defiant → Sc.
1902 — IRON-SIDED hardy, rough, unmanageable; impudent, defiant → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1978 — IN-YOUR-FACE aggressively challenging; confrontational; defiant; disrespectful; disdainful; provocative; unashamed → Amer. sl.

ADVERBS
1537 — IN SPITE OF A PERSON’S BEARD in defiance of or direct opposition to a person’s purpose → obs.
1611 — ACOCK defiantly → sl.
1611 — ACOCK-HORSE defiantly → sl.
1788 — DAUNTINGLY boldly, bravely; defiantly → Sc. obs.

INTERJECTIONS
1812 — YAR! an exclamation of disgust, aversion, or malicious defiance
..20C — MOCKERS! exclamation of defiance, more usually in an attempt to put off or jinx an opponent in sports or games → Brit. sl.
1905 — HAKE! an expression of defiance → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — YAIL! — YALE! an expression of defiance and contempt → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — YALTO! used to denote surprise or defiance → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — YALTOCO! used to denote surprise or defiance → Sc. (Bk.)
1905 — YELL! an expression of defiance and contempt → Sc. (Bk.)
1910 — RASPBERRIES! used to express disbelief or defiance; nonsense! → US sl.
1950 — UP THINE WITH TURPENTINE! an exclamation of very strong defiance and rejection; fuck you! stick it! → US sl.
1950 — UP YOUR GIGGY! an exclamation of strong defiance, contempt, rejection, etc. → US sl.
1960 — I DON’T GIVE A MONKEY’S (FUCK) an expression of one’s annoyance, frustration, or defiance → UK sl.
1979 — EAT MY SHORTS! go to hell! drop dead!; an exclamation of dismissal or defiance → US sl.
2004 — BRING IT ON! an exclamation of defiance → UK sl.
2007 — BITE ME! an exclamation of contempt or defiance → US sl. (Bk.)

NOUNS
1523 — FACING the act of boasting, swaggering, or browbeating; a defiance → obs.
1577 — BEARDING open, resolute opposition; insolent defiance
1962 — ATTITUDE truculent or aggressively defiant temperament or demeanour → sl., orig. US

NOUNS, PERSON
1893 — FUNKER a recalcitrant or obstinately defiant person → Sc.

VERBS
..16C — FACE AND BRACE to bluster; to domineer; to be defiant → colloq.
1839 — FLING ONE’S CAP OVER THE WINDMILL to act recklessly and defiantly; to fly in the face of convention
1922 — BRACE to assume a defiant attitude towards → US
1999 — COCK A SNOOK to express defiance or laugh at someone’s authority, etc. (Bk.)