English-Thai Dictionary

defiance

N การ ท้าทาย  การ ไม่ยอม ทำตาม  การ แข็งขืน  การ ไม่เชื่อฟัง  opposition antagonism compliance kan-tha-tai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

DEFIANCE

n. 1. A daring; a challenge to fight; invitation to combat; a call to an adversary to encounter, if he dare. Goliath bid defiance to the army of Israel.
2. A challenge to meet in any contest; a call upon one to make good any assertion or charge; an invitation to maintain any cause or point.
3. Contempt of opposition or danger; a daring or resistance that implies the contempt of an adversary, or of any opposing power. Men often transgress the law and act in defiance of authority.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

DEFIANCE

De *fi "ance, n. Etym: [OF. defiance, desfiance, challenge, fr. desfier to challenge, F. défier. See Defy. ]

 

1. The act of defying, putting in opposition, or provoking to combat; a challenge; a provocation; a summons to combat. A war without a just defiance made. Dryden. Stood for her cause, and flung defiance down. Tennyson.

 

2. A state of opposition; willingness to flight; disposition to resist; contempt of opposition. He breathed defiance to my ears. Shak.

 

3. A casting aside; renunciation; rejection. [Obs. ] "Defiance to thy kindness. " Ford. To bid defiance, To set at defiance, to defy; to disregard recklessly or contemptuously. Locke.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

defiance

de fi ance |diˈfīəns dəˈfaɪəns | ▶noun open resistance; bold disobedience: the demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting the renunciation of an allegiance or friendship ): from Old French, from defier ‘defy. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

defiance

de |fi ¦ance |dɪˈfʌɪəns | ▶noun [ mass noun ] open resistance; bold disobedience: an act of defiance | the demonstration was held in defiance of official warnings. ORIGIN Middle English (denoting the renunciation of an allegiance or friendship ): from Old French, from defier ‘defy ’.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

defiance

defiance noun he wasn't used to such outspoken defiance: resistance, opposition, noncompliance, disobedience, insubordination, dissent, recalcitrance, subversion, rebellion; contempt, disregard, scorn, insolence, truculence. ANTONYMS obedience.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

defiance

defiance noun he wasn't used to such outspoken defiance: resistance, opposition, confrontation; non-compliance, disobedience, insubordination, dissent, recalcitrance, subversion, subversiveness; rebelliousness, mutinousness, provocation, daring, boldness, temerity, audacity, bravado, aggression; contempt, disregard, scorn, insolence, truculence, contumacy. ANTONYMS submission, obedience.

 

French Dictionary

défiance

défiance n. f. nom féminin Méfiance, soupçon. : Marthe regarda le marchand avec défiance. SYNONYME scepticisme ; suspicion . ANTONYME confiance . Note Orthographique défi an ce.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

defiance

de fi ance /dɪfá (ɪ )əns /→defy 名詞 U 1 【権力などに対する 】反抗 [挑戦 ]的な態度 , 抵抗, 挑戦 «to » ▸ bid defiance to the government 政府に抵抗する ▸ an act of defiance 挑戦的な行為 2 無視, 軽視 .in def í ance of A A 〈規則 人など 〉を無視して, Aに逆らって ▸ carry out nuclear testing in defiance of the international treaty 国際条約を無視して核実験を行う