openly refusing to obey someone or something, sometimes in an aggressive way a defiant teenager The terrorists sent a defiant message to the government.

What type of word is defied?

/ (dɪˈfaɪ) / verb -fies, -fying or -fied (tr) to resist (a powerful person, authority, etc) openly and boldly.

Is defied an adverb?

Defiantly is an adverb that is linked to the noun defiance which is defined as "bold disobedience." It is one thing to behave badly and hope to get away with it. It is quite another to want to be seen behaving badly — that's action done defiantly: it defies, or openly goes against an order or rule.