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Adjective
▲
Unwilling to comply or submit, especially to rules or authority
disobedient
rebellious
contrary
resistant
defiant
opposing
renitent
resistive
unyielding
refractory
unruly
intractable
wayward
ungovernable
insubordinate
wilful
contumacious
obstreperous
froward
willful
obstinate
balky
untoward
uncooperative
mutinous
rebel
restive
recalcitrant
incompliant
recusant
more ❯
“The police were called by a social worker seeking assistance to transport a resisting person to a mental health facility.”
Adjective
▲
(of a person, attitude, or situation) Having the characteristics of a pessimist
negative
pessimistic
defeatist
gloomy
gloom-ridden
cynical
bleak
fatalistic
dismissive
anti
antipathetic
unwilling
uncooperative
obstructive
resistive
unconstructive
balky
unenthusiastic
cool
cold
uninterested
weak
unresponsive
apathetic
hopeless
despondent
dejected
downbeat
depressed
morose
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Immune or not susceptible to being affected by something
resistive
insusceptible
unsusceptible
immune
invulnerable
impervious
renitent
repellent
proof
protected
resistant
unaffected
safe from
protected from
secure against
repellent of
imperviable to
unsusceptible to
unaffected by
imperviable
tight
impermeable
safe
-proof
untouched
proof against
not open
not affected
not liable
clear of
not in danger of
not exposed
not subject
free from
not vulnerable
hardened to
Adjective
▲
Hesitant or offering some resistance
reluctant
hesitant
disinclined
grudging
resistant
unenthusiastic
unwilling
antipathetic
cagey
cagy
opposed
circumspect
demurring
dubious
recalcitrant
uncertain
loath
hesitating
doubtful
wavering
backward
unsure
indisposed
reticent
irresolute
vacillating
averse
afraid
tentative
shy
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Resolute, unwavering, and impervious to defeat, displaying defiance and relentless determination
unbowed
defiant
relentless
undefeated
determined
resolved
stubborn
unyielding
Preposition
▲
In the opposite direction of
against
opposing
versus
in opposition to
contra
anti
counter
at cross purposes with
con
antagonistic towards
in disobedience to
resistant to
not in favor of
in disagreement with
dead set against
opposite to
critical of
in spite of
unsympathetic to
agin
disregarding
hostile to
in the face of
at odds with
in defiance of
antagonistic to
opposed to
in contempt of
inimical to
not in accord with
averse to
vs
in competition with
with
facing
challenging
v.
competing against
competing with
up against
in competition against
Verb
▲
Present participle for to withstand the action or effect of
weathering
withstanding
bearing
standing
brooking
enduring
outlasting
overcoming
surviving
tolerating
abiding
braving
suffering
surmounting
sustaining
taking
wearing
gainstanding
gainstaying
withsetting
withsitting
withstaying
holding out against
coping with
grappling with
putting up with
coming through
contending with
getting through
living through
persevering against
pulling through
riding out
bearing up against
persisting with
bearing the brunt of
prevailing against
standing up to
hanging tough
holding out
sticking it out
dying hard against
staying the course
“Warming seas kill coral, though some are beginning to resist the heat.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to try to prevent by action or argument
opposing
defying
hindering
impeding
obstructing
blocking
challenging
checking
combatting
combating
confronting
contesting
countering
disputing
fighting
frustrating
halting
inhibiting
preventing
protesting
restraining
stemming
stopping
thwarting
battling
curbing
relucting
counteracting
countervailing
gainstanding
gainstaying
refusing
stonewalling
withsetting
withsitting
withstaying
fighting against
objecting to
baulking at
going against
contending with
dissenting with
kicking against
rebelling against
taking on
refusing to accept
standing up to
striving against
locking horns with
struggling against
taking a stand against
taking issue with
facing down
taking up arms against
putting up a fight against
speaking out against
setting your face against
“He predicted that without an olive branch, the colonists would resist the new laws.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to struggle or fight back when attacked
fighting
combatting
combating
repelling
challenging
counterattacking
assailing
assaulting
attacking
battling
contesting
duelingUS
duellingUK
battling against
struggling against
fighting against
holding off
struggling with
contending with
facing up to
fending off
standing up to
fighting back
keeping at bay
putting up a fight against
remaining firm
standing firm
turning down
warding off
holding out against
putting up a fight
“The wounds appear to have been inflicted when the victim tried to resist his attacker.”
Verb
▲
Present participle for to refrain from in spite of temptation
avoiding
forgoing
refusing
checking
curbing
forbearing
renouncing
bucking
desisting from
forbearing from
keeping from
leaving alone
refraining from
turning down
abstaining from
checking oneself
restraining oneself from
preventing oneself from
stopping oneself from
“I have been able to resist the temptation of eating chocolate for about a month thus far.”
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