defiant

adjective/dɪˈfaɪənt/CEFR C1

অবাধ্য, প্রতিরোধী

Meaning

Openly refusing to obey rules or authority.

Example sentences

  • The defiant crowd ignored the order.প্রতিরোধী জনতা আদেশ উপেক্ষা করল।
  • She gave a defiant answer.সে একটি অবাধ্য উত্তর দিল।

Synonyms & antonyms

Synonyms: rebellious, disobedient

Antonyms: obedient

Similar words, and what each means

  • rebellious

    বিদ্রোহী, অবাধ্য

    Refusing to obey rules or authority.

  • disobedient

    অবাধ্য

    Refusing to do what you are told by someone in authority.

Other English words for “অবাধ্য, প্রতিরোধী”

  • disobedient

    Refusing to do what you are told by someone in authority.

  • rebellious

    Refusing to obey rules or authority.

  • unruly

    Hard to control or keep in order.

Opposite words

  • obedient

    বাধ্য, অনুগত

    Willing to do what you are told to do by someone in authority.

  • penitent

    অনুতপ্ত, তওবাকারী

    Sincerely sorry for having done wrong, especially in a religious sense.

“defiant” elsewhere on EnglishBD

  • In 1922 he published 'Bidrohi', a poem so defiant that it changed Bengali poetry overnight and earned him the name Bidrohi Kabi, the rebel poet.

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Where this word is used

Check yourself

  1. “defiant” — এর বাংলা অর্থ কোনটি?

    • • মাথা ঘোরা; আনন্দে বিহ্বল
    • • নড়বড়ে, অনিশ্চিত ও ঝুঁকিপূর্ণ
    • • অবাধ্য, প্রতিরোধী
    • • গা-ছমছমে
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    অবাধ্য, প্রতিরোধী — defiant (adjective) — অবাধ্য, প্রতিরোধী. Openly refusing to obey rules or authority.

  2. Which word is closest in meaning to “defiant”?

    • • reasonable
    • • rebellious
    • • tasty
    • • broad
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    rebellious — rebellious — বিদ্রোহী, অবাধ্য. Refusing to obey rules or authority.

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