Associations to the word «Resist»
Noun
- Moisture
- Siren
- Plunder
- Gao
- Printing
- Starch
- Truman
- Drought
- Expose
- Discord
- Confederate
- Nazis
- Decay
- Willingness
- Resolve
- Rebellion
- Rape
- Incorporation
- Chechen
- Alloy
- Buttress
- Liu
- Regime
- Stripping
- Torture
- Nobles
- Hydrolysis
- Armour
- Oxidation
- Nationalist
- Chiang
- Struggle
- Autonomy
- Proposal
- Gaulle
- Embrace
- Conservatism
- Athenian
- Vigour
- Assyrian
- Skirmish
- Longer
- Gunpowder
- Sulu
- Inca
- Stress
- Prussian
- Fatigue
- Recapture
- Rajput
- Lithuanian
- Viscosity
- Catholicism
- Violence
- Vandal
Adjective
Verb
Wiktionary
RESIST, verb. (transitive) To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.
RESIST, verb. (transitive) To withstand the actions of.
RESIST, verb. (intransitive) To oppose.
RESIST, verb. (transitive) (obsolete) To be distasteful to.
RESIST, noun. A protective coating or covering.
Dictionary definition
RESIST, verb. Elude, especially in a baffling way; "This behavior defies explanation".
RESIST, verb. Stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something.
RESIST, verb. Express opposition through action or words; "dissent to the laws of the country".
RESIST, verb. 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".
RESIST, verb. Resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ; "His body rejected the liver of the donor".
RESIST, verb. Refuse to comply.
Wise words
However many holy words you read, however many you speak,
what good will they do you if you do not act on upon them?