Reverse Dictionary: RESIST

ADJECTIVES
► ABSTROPELOUS aggressively resistant to control or restraint → E18 sl.
► CONTUMACIOUS obstinately resisting authority; stubbornly perverse, insubordinate, rebellious → 1603
► OBDURATE hardened in wickedness or sin; persistently impenitent; stubbornly resisting, or insensible to moral influence → c1440
► OBSTANT standing against; resisting, opposing → 1513 obs.
► OBSTREPEROUS resisting control, management, advice, etc., in a noisy manner; turbulent or unruly in behaviour, esp. in resistance → 1657 
► OPPUGNANT opposing, resisting, hostile, contrary, repugnant → 1513

ADVERBS
► OBSTANTLY resistingly → 1562 obs.

NOUNS
► AGAIN-STANDING resisting, resistance → c1400 obs.
► AGAINST-STANDING resisting, resistance → a1500 obs.
► CONTUMACY perverse and obstinate resistance of or disobedience to authority; rebellious stubbornness → c1386
► CONTUMATION perverse and obstinate resistance of or disobedience to authority; rebellious stubbornness → 1618 obs.
► GAINSTAND opposition, resistance → c1470 obs.
► OBLUCTATION striving or struggling against something; resistance, opposition → 1615 obs.
► OBSISTENT something that resists → 1657 obs.
► OBSTANCE opposition; resistance → c1340 obs.
► OBSTRAPULOSITY obstreperousness, restiveness, resistance → 1828 Sc.
► OBSTREPEROUSNESS vociferousness; clamour; noisy behaviour; noisy and unruly resistance to control → 1655 
► OBSTRIGILLATION opposition, resistance → 1623 obs.
► PUSH-BACK resistance, disagreement; adverse reaction, negative feedback → 1984 orig. & chiefly US
► WARM RECEPTION, A a vigorous onslaught or resistance; a demonstration of hostile feeling → 1702

NOUNS – PERSON
► OPPUGNANT one who opposes or resists; an opponent → a1834
► SUCKER FOR SOMETHING one who cannot resist a particular thing → 1960 sl.

VERBS
► AGAIN-STAND to stand against, to withstand, to resist → a1000 obs.
► AGAIN-WITHSTAND to resist → a1382 obs.
► ANSTAND to withstand, to resist → c1425 obs.
► BEAR HEAD AGAINST to resist successfully, to hold one’s own against → 1612
► BUCK to resist obstinately; to object strongly → 1981 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)
► DROP ONE’S BUNDLE to give up hope, to surrender, to resist, to compete no further → 1915 Aust. & NZ sl.
► GAINSTAND to stand against; to withstand, oppose, resist → c1400 obs.
► GAINSTRIVE to make resistance → 1596 obs.
► GRABBLE to grasp, to seize, to grab; to grapple with, to resist, to contend; to grope → 1746 Eng. dial.
► IMPUGN to fight in resistance against; to withstand, to resist, to oppose → 1577 obs.
► KEEP HEAD AGAINST to resist successfully, to hold one’s own against → 1818
► KICK AGAINST THE GOAD to be recalcitrant to one’s hurt; to hurt yourself by persisting in useless resistance or protest; to struggle against one’s fate → 1539
► KICK AGAINST THE PRICKS to be recalcitrant to one’s hurt; to hurt yourself by persisting in useless resistance or protest; to struggle against one’s fate → c1380
► MAKE DEBATE to make opposition or resistance → c1350 obs.
► MAKE HEAD AGAINST to resist; to rise in insurrection or revolt against; to advance in spite of → 1577-87
► OBSIST to stand against; to oppose; to resist → 1432-50 obs.
► OBSTRIGILLATE to oppose, to resist → 1623 obs.
► OCCUR to meet, to encounter; to oppose, to resist → a1548 obs.
► OPPONE to set oneself in opposition, to contend against, to act in opposition or offer resistance to → 1513 obs.
► OPPOSIT to oppose, to resist → 1657 obs.
► RELUCTATE to offer resistance, resist, oppose; to struggle against something; to show reluctance → 1643
► SET UP ONE’S BRISTLES to show resistance
► WARN to resist → c1175 obs.