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1. resist
verb. ['rɪˈzɪst, riːˈzɪst'] elude, especially in a baffling way.
Synonyms
- elude
- escape
- refuse
- defy
Antonyms
- deny
- enable
- disagree
- lose
Etymology
- resistre (Anglo-Norman)
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Rhymes with Resist
- preexist
- reminisced
- coexist
- subsist
- dismissed
- consist
- baptiste
- persist
- insist
- exist
- enlist
- desist
- delist
- twist
- tryst
- quist
- krist
- grist
- ghrist
- frist
- crist
- chryst
- assist
- wrist
- wist
- vist
- schist
- rist
- pissed
- nist
Sentences with resist
1. Verb, base form
The infection is painful for your dog, who may resist your attempts to clean or treat the area.
2. Verb, non-3rd person singular present
They resist fire, bugs and decay, fitting together like a child's toy.
3. Noun, singular or mass
* Low-emissivity (low-e) coatings that resist heat flow.
Quotes about resist
1. I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.
- Mae West
2. Resist much, obey little.
- Walt Whitman, Leaves of Grass
3. I can resist anything except temptation.
- Oscar Wilde, Lady Windermere's Fan
2. Ni-resist
noun. cast iron consisting of graphite in a matrix of austenite.
Synonyms
- alloy iron
- alloy cast iron
3. resist
verb. ['rɪˈzɪst, riːˈzɪst'] stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
Synonyms
- fight down
- stand up
- remain firm
- stand out
- hold up
- stand
- outbrave
- stand firm
- hold out
- defend
- fight
- defy
- hold off
- withstand
- fight back
- hold
Antonyms
- surrender
- rush
- accelerate
- forbid
Etymology
- resistre (Anglo-Norman)
4. resist
verb. ['rɪˈzɪst, riːˈzɪst'] express opposition through action or words.
Synonyms
- march
- arise
- contradict
- strike
- dissent
- rise
- rise up
- walk out
- demonstrate
- rebel
- renegade
- controvert
- protest
Antonyms
- change
- fauna
- attack
- let
Etymology
- resistre (Anglo-Norman)
5. resist
verb. ['rɪˈzɪst, riːˈzɪst'] withstand the force of something.
Synonyms
- fight down
- remain firm
- stand
- fend
- defend
- fight
- fight back
Antonyms
- lie
- sit
- sit down
- lie down
Etymology
- resistre (Anglo-Norman)
6. resist
verb. ['rɪˈzɪst, riːˈzɪst'] refuse to comply.
Synonyms
- balk
- jib
- baulk
Antonyms
- prosecute
- make peace
- defend
- derestrict
Etymology
- resistre (Anglo-Norman)
7. resist
verb. ['rɪˈzɪst, riːˈzɪst'] resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ.
Synonyms
- refuse
- reject
- react
Antonyms
- let go of
- defy
- exclude
- start
Etymology
- resistre (Anglo-Norman)