Antonyms for unresisting
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ri-zist |
| Phonetic Transcription : rɪˈzɪst |
- active
- aggressive
- agitated
- boisterous
- bold
- brave
- bright
- caring
- concerned
- disobedient
- dominant
- dynamic
- emboldened
- excited
- exciting
- fighting
- hard
- harsh
- immodest
- impatient
- impertinent
- inflexible
- interested
- interesting
- intolerant
- intractable
- lively
- loud
- obstinate
- resistant
- rigid
- rough
- roused
- solid
- stiff
- troubled
- unflexible
- uninhibited
- unmanageable
- unprepared
- untamed
- unwilling
- unyielding
- violent
- wild
Definition of unresisting
Origin :- late 14c., from Old French resister "hold out against" (14c.), from Latin resistere "to make a stand against, oppose; to stand back; withstand," from re- "against" (see re-) + sistere "take a stand, stand firm" (see assist). Related: Resisted; resisting.
- As in meek : adj shy; compliant
- As in passive : adj lifeless, inactive
- As in resigned : adj enduring, passive
- As in servile : adj grovelling, subservient
- As in submissive : adj compliant
- As in tame : adj domesticated, compliant
- As in yielding : adj soft, flexible
- As in henpecked : adj dominated by one's wife
- He led her, unresisting, around to the couch at the other side of the table.
- Extract from : « The Spenders » by Harry Leon Wilson
- Yates hastened to meet her, clasping one of her unresisting hands in his.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- I certainly was bound by no law to allow a ruffian to cut me down, unresisting.
- Extract from : « The Room in the Dragon Volant » by J. Sheridan LeFanu
- He held her unresisting hand, but her face was hidden from him.
- Extract from : « The Avenger » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
- In the whole of this transaction the Moravians were passive and unresisting.
- Extract from : « Chronicles of Border Warfare » by Alexander Scott Withers
- She held out her hand, and took in hers his own unresisting fingers.
- Extract from : « A Son of Hagar » by Sir Hall Caine
- And he took in his own a hand that Ruth, amazed and unresisting, yielded up to him.
- Extract from : « Mistress Wilding » by Rafael Sabatini
- He drew her toward him, unresisting, their gaze still on each other.
- Extract from : « The Flying Mercury » by Eleanor M. Ingram
- She snatched from Lingard's unresisting palm the sheet of paper.
- Extract from : « The Rescue » by Joseph Conrad
- He took her unresisting hand, drew it within his arm, and led her down the stairs.
- Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy
Synonyms for unresisting
- abject
- acclimatized
- accommodated
- accommodating
- acquiescent
- adapted
- adjusted
- agreeable
- amenable
- apathetic
- asleep
- base
- bearing
- beggarly
- biddable
- bootlicking
- bowing down
- bridled
- broken
- browbeaten
- busted
- calm
- civilized
- comformable
- compliant
- complying
- constrained
- cool
- cordial
- craven
- cringing
- cultivated
- deferential
- despicable
- disciplined
- docile
- domestic
- domesticated
- dominated
- dutiful
- eating crow
- eating humble pie
- elastic
- enduring
- fawning
- fearless
- flat
- forbearing
- genial
- gentle
- gentle as a lamb
- giving-in
- going through motions
- habituated
- hands off
- harmless
- harnessed
- housebroken
- humble
- idle
- ignoble
- in fear of one's wife
- indifferent
- inert
- ingratiating
- intimidated
- kindly
- laid-back
- latent
- led by the nose
- lenient
- long-suffering
- longanimous
- low
- lowly
- malleable
- manageable
- mean
- meek
- menial
- mild
- Milquetoast
- modest
- moony
- motionless
- mushy
- muzzled
- nagged
- nonresistant
- nonresisting
- nonviolent
- nothing
- obedient
- obeisant
- obeying
- obsequious
- orderly
- overcome
- pabulum
- pappy
- passive
- patient
- peaceable
- peaceful
- philosophical
- phlegmatic
- plain
- plastic
- pliable
- pliant
- poker-faced
- pulpy
- quaggy
- quiescent
- quiet
- ready
- receptive
- reconciled
- relinquishing
- renouncing
- resigned
- resilient
- satisfied
- serene
- servile
- slavish
- sleepy
- soft
- spineless
- spiritless
- spongy
- springy
- squishy
- static
- stoical
- stolid
- subdued
- subjected to nagging
- submissive
- subservient
- supple
- sycophantic
- tame
- timid
- toadying
- tolerant
- tractable
- tractile
- trained
- unafraid
- unassertive
- unassuming
- uncomplaining
- unctuous
- under one's thumb
- unflappable
- uninvolved
- unpretentious
- unprotesting
- unresisting
- walking through it
- weak
- weak-kneed
- well-disposed
- wife-ridden
- willing
- wishy-washy
- yes
- yielding
- yoked
- zero
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