Resist

Definition: Resist

Resist

Verb

1. Elude, esp. in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation".

2. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.

3. Fight back, also metaphorically: "His body protested against the harsh training".

4. Withstand the force of something; "The trees resisted her"; "stand the test of time"; "The mountain climbers had to fend against the ice and snow".

5. Refuse to comply.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "resist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Note: Resist \Re*sist"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Resisted; Resisting.]. (references)

Chemistry

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Synonyms: Resist

Counteraction

Verb: counteract; run counter, clash, cross; interfere with, conflict with; contravene; jostle; go against, run against, beat against, militate against; stultify; antagonize, block, oppose; traverse; withstand; (resist); hinder; repress; (restrain); react; (recoil).

Disobedience

Turn restive, run restive; champ the bit; strike; (resist); rise, rise in arms; secede; mutiny, rebel.

Refusal

Resist, cross; not grant; repel, repulse, shut the door in one's face, slam the door in one's face; rebuff; send back, send to the right about, send away with a flea in the ear; deny oneself, not be at home to; discard, spurn; (repudiate); rescind; (revoke); disclaim, protest; dissent.

Resistance

Verb: resist; not submit; repugn, reluct, reluctate, withstand; stand up against, strive against, bear up under, bear up against, be proof against, make head against; stand, stand firm, stand one's ground, stand the brunt of, stand out; hold one's grounds, hold one's own, hold out, hold firm.

Tenacity

Verb: be tenacious. Adjective: resist fracture.

Crosswords: Resist

So never refuse an invitation, never resist the unfamiliar, never fail to be polite and never outstay the welcome (The Beach; writing credit: John Hodge)

Christ, you couldn't resist, could you (Twister; writing credit: Michael Crichton; Anne-Marie Martin)

Man, you go through life, you try to be nice to people, you struggle to resist the urge to punch 'em in the face, and for what (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge)

No man alive could resist that, and that's why I got into jail to begin with (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest; writing credit: Bo Goldman; Lawrence Hauben)

You couldn't resist my powerful penetrating stare, could you (The Tao of Steve; writing credit: Duncan North; Greer Goodman)

So hot, love I couldn't quite resist (Caught Up in You; performing artist: 38 Special)

You know I can't resist (Drowning; performing artist: Backstreet Boys)

The helpless heart just can't resist their power (I Get Weak; performing artist: Belinda Carlisle)

It's so hard to resist (It's all coming back to me now; performing artist: Celine Dion)

Scream and shout but never resist (Flipper Twist; performing artist: Flipper)

A bargain: Something you cannot use at a price you cannot resist. (references; author: unknown)

The X Files: Resist or Serve (2003)

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Books

• Mental Math Kids Can't Resist! (Grades 2-4) (reference)

• Phonics Learning Games Kids Can't Resist! (Grades K-2) (reference)

• Resist or Serve (The Official Guide to the X-Files, Vol. 4) (reference)

• The War Against Oblivion: Zapatista Chroncles 1994 - 2000 (The Read & Resist Series) (reference)

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Periodicals

• Resist (reference)

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Theater & Movies

• Exosquad: Blitzkrieg / Resist (reference)

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Music

• Refuse / Resist [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

• Resist (reference)

• You Can't Resist It [CD-SINGLE] (reference)

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High Tech

• PAPER,TEAR RESIST,WE (reference)

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Figure 31. Timtschenko water bottle, inspired by the Wille bottle, and built by the instrument maker Iosif A. Timtschenko for sampling waters of the Black Sea and analyzing for dissolved hydrogen sulfide content. This instrument was built in 1891 and used by Joseph B. Spindler in his studies of the Black Sea. The interior was of gold to resist corrosion. Left: descending. Right: ascending. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Figure 11. Six's thermometer, Miller and Casella, 1869 model. This thermometer was made at the request of Doctor William Miller, vice-presiden t of the Royal Society, and produced by the firm of Louis Casella. This thermometer was designed to resist the effects of pressure. This instrument was first used in May 1869. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.

Scientists at the ARS/University of California Plant Gene Expression Center are the first in the world to report success in genetically engineering barley. Some of the bioengineered barley carries a gene that may help the plants resist attack by barley yellow dwarf virus. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Jack Dykinga..

Does the thought of socks and underwear conjure up concerns about bacteria? Yes, microbes can reside and multiply in textile fabrics. But no matter-ARS researchers have developed treatments for cotton textiles with compounds containing peroxides. they resist bacteria and, as a bonus, resist fungi that cause athlete's foot. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Scott Bauer..

Fire ants will do anything to resist attack by the tiny phorid fly measuring only about one-sixteenthe of an inch. A highly specific natural enemy, the female pierces a fire ant's head and releases an enzyme that later decapitates it. P. Credit: USDA ARS News; photo by Sanford Porter..

The eternal feminine. Old Betsy simply couldn't resist the charm of Mrs. Flibbets' lovely ... Credit: Library of Congress.

The small-pox troubles in Milwaukee, Wisconsin--residents of foreign birth resist the transfer of patients to the isolation hospital / drawn by Miss G.A. Davis ; from a sketch supplied by Fred. Dougherty. Credit: Library of Congress.

Resist nuclear madness! / Rocky Flats Truth Force ; photo: Robert Godfrey. Credit: Library of Congress.

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He therefore who may resist, must be allowed to strike. (Second Treatise of Government)

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My friend Robert could not resist.

It was tempting and Courfeyrac could not resist.

She ate the apple and gave it also to Adam who had not the moral courage to resist her.

They could not resist, because they wanted nothing in the world as frantically as the Americans wanted land

I cannot resist.

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Health

Resist encouraging the child to perform verbally for people. (references)

Protein — A substance found in many parts of the body that helps the body to resist disease. (references)

In most people, the stomach mucosa is able to resist the juice, although food and other tissues of the body cannot. (references)

Business

Even with some of the more expensive models on the market, the locks only managed to resist the 'thief's' attention for no more than 18 seconds. (references)

Civil Liberties

Ukraine

She sustained knife cuts to her hands and face after attempting to resist the attacker. (references)

Economic History

Brazil

They do not hesitate to kill if the victims resist. (references)

Ukraine

Some Ukrainians began to resist the Germans as well as the Soviets. (references)

Human Rights

Burma

Army members have beaten, raped, and killed persons who resist. (references)

Kyrgyz Republic

Only those NGO's with independent sources of funding were able to resist this pressure. (references)

Dominican Republic

The judiciary has received training funded by foreign technical assistance in order to improve its ability to resist such outside interference, but influence is still a problem. (references)

Indigenous People

Peru

Indigenous groups continue to resist encroachment on their native lands by oil exploration and drilling interests. (references)

Minorities

Bosnia and Herzegovina

All Federation canton governments have agreed to an ethnically mixed police force in principle; however, many cantonal governments continue to resist integration in practice. (references)

Political Economy

GUATEMALA

Many employers routinely seek to circumvent labor code provisions in order to resist union activities, which they view as disruptive and as a challenge to their full control of the workplace. (references)

Trade

Vietnam

Vietnamese companies often will resist the use of confirmed L/C's, because of the additional cost and collateral requirements required by Vietnamese banks. (references)

Korea

U.S. exporters might want to resist granting too favorable terms to Korean businesses until they have carried out some initial transactions on a secured basis and established mutual business confidence. (references)

Travel

Mexico

If accosted, DO NOT RESIST. (references)

Women

Lebanon

The NGO the Lebanese Council to Resist Violence Against Women has worked actively to reduce violence against women by offering counseling and legal aid and raising awareness about domestic violence. (references)

Worker Rights

Poland

They are threatened with violence, and those who resist are raped or beaten. (references)

Singapore

Once in the country, these women are forced to work as prostitutes, and are subject to threats and violence if they resist. (references)

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Expressions using "resist": optical resist ♦ resist an attack ♦ resist fracture ♦ resist movement ♦ resist temptation ♦ resist to disease. Additional references.

Beginning with "resist": resist-coated.

Ending with "resist": etch-resist.

Containing "resist": Ni-resist iron.

Albanian

rezistoj (dispute, endure, fend, hold out, rebel, rebuff, tolerate, withstand), pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, set back, shut in, stumble, trammel, traverse, trouble), kundërshtoj (censure, challenge, combat, condemn, contest, contradict, controvert, counter, cross, demur, deprecate, discountenance, discourage, dispute, flout, fly in the face of, gainsay, impugn, kick, mind, object, oppose, oppugn, protest, react, rebel, rebuke, rebut, recalcitrate, refuse, retort, set one's face against, stick to, stickle, Stonewall, take exception to), bëj ballë (cope, face, force upon, outbrave, square off). (various references)

Arabic 

‏قاوم (combat, counter, fight, hold, hold one's own, hold out, oppose, protest against, set one's face against, stand, struggle, withstand), ‏صمد (bear up, endure, hold, hold at bay, hold one's ground, hold one's own, hold out, hold out against, keep, last out, outlive, stand one's ground, stand the strain, stick it out, withstand), ‏إحتمل (hard, support, tolerate). (various references)

Bulgarian 

съпротивлявам се (fight back), устоявам на (defy, endure, outride, stand, stand against, weather), въздържам се от (abstain from, avoid, eschew, forego, forgo), отблъсквам (avert, beat off, counter, drive back, estrange, fight off, foil, head off, jar, press back, push away, push back, put off, rebuff, reject, repulse, spurn, stave off, throw back, thrust aside, turn off, ward), отбивам (baffle, beat back, beat off, serve, stop), не се поддавам на (be superior to, defy, evade), противопоставям се (counter, object, react), предпазен плат. (various references)

Chinese 

觝 (to butt), 牴 (to butt), 禦 (defend), 抗擊 , 抵抗 (resistance, Resisted, Resisting, Rivaled, Rivaling, Rivalled, Rivalling), 攩 (hinder), 擋 (a cover, arrange, cover, hinder, keep off, obstruct, put in order, to block, to get in the way of), 反抗 (revolt). (various references)

Czech

ubránit se, protivit se, překážet (get in the way, hamper, hinder, impede, interrupt, restrain, stymie, tie up), odporovat (antagonize, contradict, contravene, gainsay, go against, oppose, protest, withstand), odolat (overcome, stand up, withstand). (various references)

Danish

resist, reserveringsmiddel (resisting agent), reserve (backup, reserve, resisting agent), folie (foil, sheet, sheeting). (various references)

Dutch

tegenstreven (be obstinate, be stubborn, persist, withstand), tegenspartelen (withstand). (various references)

Esperanto

rezisti (withstand). (various references)

Faeroese

standa ímóti (withstand), seta seg uppímóti (withstand). (various references)

Farsi 

پایداری کردن , پایداری (Constancy, Endurance, Permanency, Resistance, Stability), مخالفت کردن با (Disagree, Thwart), مانع شدن (Ail, Debar, Exclude, Hamper, Hinder, Holdup, Impede, Inhibit, Obstruct, Obturate, Prevent, Rein, Revoke, Stop, Stymie, Suppress), ایستادگی کردن (Abide), استقامت کردن . (various references)

Finnish

rimpuilla vastaan (make resistance), resisti, vastustaa (make resistance, object, oppose), tehdä vastarintaa (offer resistance, oppose), tehdä tenää (offer resistance), suojapinnoite (conformal coating, protective coat), suoja-aine (cryoprotective agent, cryoprotector, preservative, preservative agent), peitekelmu, peitekalvo, estopinnoite. (various references)

French

résister (to resist). (various references)

German

widerstehen (defy, to resist, to withstand, withstand). (various references)

Greek 

αντιστέκομαι (defy, to resist somebody / somethin, to resist somebody / something). (various references)

Hebrew 

לעמוד בפני (be faced with, confront, envisage, stand up to), לעמוד ב- (endure, live through, stand up to, withstand), להתנגד (be against, brave, demur, discountenance, mind, object, oppose, rebel, take exception to), לגלות התנגדות (oppose). (various references)

Hungarian

rozsdagátló védõszer, ellenszegül (contravene, counteract, to antagonize, to bristle up, to buck, to buck against, to contravene, to defy, to take the bit between one's teeth, to take the bit in one's teeth, withstand), ellenáll (buck, to buck against, to counter-move, to dispute, to make head, to offer resistance, to resist, to stand up against, to stand up to, to stick up to). (various references)

Indonesian

memberontaki (rebel against), melawan (battle, contra, militate), bangkang (oppose). (various references)

Italian

rivestimento isolante (lagging), riserva (backup, fund, national park, Park, pool, preserve, provision, qualification, reservation, reserve, sanctuary, stand by, stock, wilderness), resistere (endure, hold out, hung on, last, sit, stand, stand out, stay, weather, withstand), resist, persistere (continue, hold, obtain, persist), opporsi (object, oppose), mezzo di protezione, contrastare (be in contrast, confront, contrast, counteract, face, impinge, oppose, thwart). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

堪える (to be equal, to be fit for, to brave, to endure, to resist, to support, to weather, to withstand). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たいあつりょく (capacity to resist pressure), たてつく (to defy, to oppose, to resist), たえる (to be equal to, to be fit for, to bear, to become extinct, to brave, to die out, to endure, to peter out, to put up with, to resist, to stand, to support, to withstand), こたえる (to answer, to be equal to, to be fit for, to bear, to brave, to endure, to put up with, to reply, to resist, to respond, to reward, to stand, to strike home, to support, to take its toll, to withstand), こらえる (to be equal to, to be fit for, to bear, to brave, to endure, to put up with, to resist, to stand, to support, to withstand), てむかう (to resist). (various references)

Korean 

저항하십시요. (various references)

Manx

shassoo noi (confrontation, object, objection, resistance, withstand), cur noi (alienate, counter, deprecation, negative). (various references)

Norwegian

motstå. (various references)

Papiamen

risistí (withstand), resistí (withstand). (various references)

Pig Latin

esistray.(various references)

Portuguese

resistir (antagonize, bear up, buck, confront, defy, hold out, stand up to, withstand). (various references)

Romanian

rezista la (carry, stand, stick), rezista (bear, come through, fend, hold, hold fast, hold out, hold up, keep, live, stand, stand against, stay, stem, strive, withstand), refuza (decline, deny, disallow, foreclose, jib at, put back, rebut, refuse, reject, repudiate, repulse), se stãpâni în faţa de, opune rezistenţã (oppose), împotrivi (oppose), ţinea (administer, arrest, happen, retain), ţine (carry, check, continue, deliver, endure, hang onto, happen, hold, keep, last, live, observe, own, poise, retain, run, stand, stock, support, wield). (various references)

Russian 

сопротивляться;противостоять, сопротивляться (oppose, react against environment), сопротивление (rebellion, resistance), воспротивиться (oppose), оказывать сопротивление (dispute, fight back, offer resistance, rebel, stick up for, stick up to), артачиться (baulk, confront, persist, stand up to, withstand), арта, противостоять (front, match, withstand, withstood). (various references)

Scottish

gramail (having power to resist, vigorous). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

suprotstaviti se (set one's face against, thwart), pružati otpor, odoleti (hold out, overcome), izdržati (bear up, face it out, hold out, stand, stick it out, weather, withstand). (various references)

Spanish

resistir (bear, bear up, bear up against, discourage, endure, fight, hang on, hang out, hold, hold on, hold out, last, last out, oppose, react, stay, stick, withstand), oponerse (antagonize, confront, counter, demur, go against, object, oppose, stand up to, take exception to, withstand). (various references)

Swedish

motstå (withstand). (various references)

Turkish

muhalefet etmek (go counter to, oppose, run counter to), karşı koymak (bear against, confront, contest, counter, counteract, counterwork, demur, dispute, face, face up to, fend, fight back, offer resistance, oppugn, refuse, set against, stand, stand out, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to, withstand), karşı çıkmak (antagonize, argue against smth., be faced with, contravene, deprecate, disaffirm, except, face, go against, go counter to, interpose, mind, object, object to, oppose, protest, protest against, run counter to, set against, traverse), göğüs germek (brave, breast, face, square up, square up to, stand, stand out against, stand up to, stick up to, survive), engellemek (balk, bar, baulk, block, circumvent, clamp the lid on smth., clog, counterwork, cramp, Crimp, cross, cumber, dam, dam up, defeat, embarrass, encumber, fetter, foil, gum up, hamper, hedge, hedge about, hedge around, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, keep down, keep from, obstruct, preclude, prevent from, put the lid on smth., restrain, save, shut out, snag, stem, stymie, surety, trammel), direnmek (fight back, hold out, hold up, jib, jib at doing, make a stand for, offer resistance, persevere, refuse, stand, stand out, stand out against, stick up to, withstand), dayanmak (abut, be based on, be predicated on, bear up, bear up against, bear with, Brook, consist, endure, found, go on, ground, hang, hang on, hinge on, hold, hold on, hold one's own, hold out, hold up, last, lean, lean upon, offer resistance, osculate, put up with, rely on, rely upon, repose, repose on, rest, rest against, root in, stand, stand on, stand the racket, stand up, stand upon, stay, stick, stick it, stick out, survive, sweat out, take, take it, thole, tolerate, trace, wear, withstand), dayanıklı olmak. (various references)

Ukrainian

оборонятися (on the defensive), захисне покриття (sheeting), протистояти (confront, countervail, oppose, withstand), протидіяти (antagonize, counter, counteract, counterwork, cross, react). (various references)

Welsh

gwrthwynebu (oppose), gwrthsefyll (withstand), gwrthladd (repel). (various references)

adversor, calcitrabant, calcitrantium, obsistas, obsistente, occurram, occurramus, occurrat, occurre, occurrebant, occurrens, occurrent, occurrentes, occurrerant, occurrerat, occurrere, occurreret, occurrerint, occurreris, occurrerit, occurrerunt, occurreruntque, occurret, occurri, occurrissent, occurrisset, occurristi, occurrit, occurrite, occurritque, occursu, occursum, occursus, recalcitravit, reluctor, resistat, resistebant, resistebat, resistendum, resistent, resistente, resistentem, resistentes, resistenti, resistentibus, resistere, resisteret, resistet, resistis, resistit, resistite, resistitis, resistunt, restiterat, restiterit, restiterunt, restitistis, restitit. (various references)

verethra. (various references)

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Derivations

Words beginning with "resist": resistance, resistances, resistant, resistants, resisted, resister, resisters, resistibilities, resistibility, resistible, resisting, resistive, resistively, resistiveness, resistivenesses, resistivities, resistivity, resistless, resistlessly, resistlessness, resistlessnesses, resistor, resistors, resists. (additional references)

Words ending with "resist": photoresist. (additional references)

Words containing "resist": irresistibilities, irresistibility, irresistible, irresistibleness, irresistiblenesses, irresistibly, magnetoresistance, magnetoresistances, nonresistance, nonresistances, nonresistant, nonresistants, photoresists, unresistant, unresisting. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Resist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bresis, rascist, rasist, regist, reist, relist, Rensis, resesh, resi, resips, resis, Resisto, resit, resits, ressg, ressist, rexits, rezest, rezist, rosit, rsis, russische. (additional references)

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: sister.

-1 letter: rests, rises, rites, sires, sites, sties, stirs, tiers, tires, tress, tries.

-2 letters: erst, ires, reis, rest, rets, rise, rite, seis, sers, sets, sire, sirs, site, sits, sris, stir, tier, ties, tire.

-3 letters: ers, ess, ire, its, rei, res, ret, sei, ser, set, sir, sis, sit, sri, tie, tis.

-4 letters: er, es, et, is, it.

+1 letter: bestirs, bisters, bistres, dissert, esprits, estrins, inserts, listers, misters, persist, priests, relists, resifts, resists, resites, rosiest, satires, sifters, sinters, sisters, sitters, smiters, sorites, sorties, spriest, sprites, stirpes, stivers, stories, strides, strifes, strikes, stripes, strives, suiters, tigress, trioses, verists.

+2 letters: artiness, artistes, artsiest, assister, asterias, asterisk, asterism, atresias, blisters, briskest, briskets, bristles, bustiers, cisterns, citruses, crispest, crosstie, curtsies, diasters, diesters, diestrus, disaster, disrates, disserts, distress, editress, eristics, erotisms, estriols, friskets, glisters, gorsiest, gristles, heisters, hipsters, hoisters, horsiest, imprests, insister, iritises, keisters, kiesters, klisters, leisters, metrists, minsters, misrates, missteer, misterms, mistress, mortises, oestrins, pastries, persists, piasters, piastres, presifts, prosiest, prosties, pursiest, querists, raspiest, realists, reposits, resights, resisted, resister, resistor, respites, resplits, retsinas, retwists, revisits, revuists, rictuses, riftless, ripostes, riskiest, roisters, rushiest, rustiest, saltiers, saltires, sarkiest, satirise, scariest, sentries, seriates, serosity, shifters, shorties, sighters, sinister, sistered, sisterly, skirrets, skirters, skitters, slithers, slitters, smarties, smithers, snifters, sorriest, spinster, spiriest, spitters, spritzes, stainers, stearins, steroids, stickers, stiflers, stingers, stinkers, stinters, stirrers, striates, striders, strigose, strikers, stripers, strivers, studiers, stuivers, sturdies, styliser, sureties, surfeits, surfiest, surliest, swifters, swithers, tarsiers, tipsters, tireless, traipses, tressier, trigness, trimness, triposes, trisects, trisemes, trisomes, trusties, twisters, vestries, victress, visiters, waisters, waitress, wastries.