9 Letter Words for Resisting
resisting, sistering
8 Letter Words for Resisting
girniest, igniters, insister, reinsist, reisting, resiting, restings, sinister, stingers, stingier, strigine, tressing, trigness
7 Letter Words for Resisting
entiris, estrins, grissen, grisset, igniter, ignites, ingests, ingress, inserts, resigns, resting, ringite, risings, seising, serting, siering, signers, signets, signist, singers, sinters, sistern, sistine, sisting, sitings, stinger, stiring, striges, strines, strings, tiering, tigress, tigrine, tirings
6 Letter Words for Resisting
engirt, estrin, geists, girnie, gneiss, greins, grists, ignite, inerts, ingest, ingirt, insert, insets, insist, insite, inters, intire, irises, issite, nigers, niters, reigns, reists, renigs, resign, resing, resins, resist, resits, restis, rinses, rising, seniti, sering, serins, sients, sigint, signer, signet, singer, singes, sinter, sirens, siring, sisten, sister, siting, snirts, steins, sterin, sterns, stinge, stings, stires, streng, strigs, strine, string, tessin, tigers, tigris, tinger, tinges, tinier, tinies, tiring, tresis, triens, trines
5 Letter Words for Resisting
ensis, entsi, ering, geist, geits, genii, genit, gents, gests, giris, girns, girse, girts, gists, gites, grein, greit, grens, grins, grint, grist, grits, ignis, inert, inger, inset, instr, inter, intis, iring, issei, iters, neist, nerts, nests, niger, niris, nisei, nisse, niter, regin, reign, reins, reist, renig, rents, resin, resit, rests, retin, rines, ringe, rings, rinse, risen, rises, rites, segni, seirs, sengi, senit, senti, sents, sergt, serin, sesti, siens, sient, siest, signs, sines, singe, sings, siren, sires, siris, sites, snies, snigs, snirt, snite, snits, ssing, stein, steng, stens, steri, stern, sties, stine, sting, stire, stirs, strig, terns, tiens, tiers, tiger, tiges, tines, tinge, tingi, tings, tires, tress, tries, trigs, trine, trins, tsine
4 Letter Words for Resisting
engr, engs, entr, ergs, erin, eris, erns, erst, ests, gein, geir, geit, gens, gent, gers, gess, gest, gets, gien, gies, gins, gire, giri, girn, girt, gise, gist, gite, gits, gren, gret, grin, gris, grit, init, inst, inti, intr, ires, iris, isis, isnt, iter, negs, ness, nest, neti, nets, nies, nisi, nist, nits, regs, regt, rein, reit, rent, rest, rets, rgen, ries, rigs, rine, ring, rins, rise, rist, rite, rits, segs, seir, seis, seit, sens, sent, serg, sers, sert, sets, sien, sier, sign, sine, sing, sins, sire, siri, sirs, sise, sisi, sist, site, siti, sits, snig, snit, sris, steg, sten, ster, stge, stie, stir, stre, tegs, teng, tens, tern, tien, tier, ties, tige, tigs, tine, ting, tins, tire, tres, trie, trig, trin
3 Letter Words for Resisting
eir, eng, ens, erg, ern, ers, ert, esr, ess, est, gen, ger, get, gie, gin, gis, git, gns, grs, gte, ign, ing, ins, int, ire, irs, ise, isn, ist, its, neg, nei, net, nie, nig, nis, nit, reg, rei, res, rie, rig, rin, rit, rte, rti, seg, sei, sen, ser, set, sie, sig, sin, sir, sis, sit, sri, sse, stg, str, teg, ten, ter, tes, tgn, tie, tig, tin, tis, tng, tri, trs, tsi, tss
Definitions for Resisting
[1] to withstand, strive against, or oppose: to resist infection; to resist temptation.
[2] to withstand the action or effect of: to resist spoilage.
[3] to refrain or abstain from, especially with difficulty or reluctance: They couldn't resist the chocolates.
[4] to make a stand or make efforts in opposition; act in opposition; offer resistance.
[5] a substance that prevents or inhibits some effect from taking place, as a coating on a surface of a metallic printing plate that prevents or inhibits corrosion of the metal by acid.
[6] Textiles . a chemically inert substance used in resist printing.
[7] to stand firm (against); not yield (to); fight (against)
[8] (tr) to withstand the deleterious action of; be proof against to resist corrosion
[9] (tr) to oppose; refuse to accept or comply with to resist arrest ; to resist the introduction of new technology
[10] (tr) to refrain from, esp in spite of temptation (esp in the phrases cannot or could not resist (something ))
[11] a substance used to protect something, esp a coating that prevents corrosion
Words related to Resisting
resistopposing, contrary, defiant, disobedient, rebellious, renitent, resistive, unyielding
Words nearby Resisting
resistresiniferous, resinify, resinoid, resinous, resipiscence, resist, resist printing, resistance, resistance level, resistance plasmid, resistance thermometer
Origin of Resisting
1325–75; Middle English resisten (v.) < Latin resistere to remain standing, equivalent to re- re- + sistere to cause to stand, akin to stāre to stand
Words that may be confused with Resisting
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, resistresister, resistor
Other words from Resisting
re·sist·er , noun
re·sist·ing·ly , adverb
in·ter·re·sist , verb
non·re·sist·ing , adjective
o·ver·re·sist , verb
qua·si-re·sist·ed , adjective
un·re·sist·ed , adjective
un·re·sist·ing , adjective
Word origin for Resisting
C14: from Latin resistere to stand still, oppose, from re- + sistere to stand firm
Synonyms for Resisting
opposing, contrary, defiant, disobedient, rebellious, renitent, resistive, unyielding
