Definition of resisting

"resisting" in the verb sense

1. defy, resist, refuse

elude, especially in a baffling way

"This behavior defies explanation"

2. resist, hold out, withstand, stand firm

stand up or offer resistance to somebody or something

3. protest, resist, dissent

express opposition through action or words

"dissent to the laws of the country"

4. resist, stand, fend

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"

5. resist, reject, refuse

resist immunologically the introduction of some foreign tissue or organ

"His body rejected the liver of the donor"

6. resist, balk, baulk, jib

refuse to comply

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Quotations for resisting

Let us die resisting! [ French ]

Love to a yielding heart is a king, but to a resisting is a tyrant. [ Sidney ]

You cannot save men from death but by facing it for them, nor from sin but by resisting it for them. [ John Ruskin ]

No man is justified in resisting by word or deed the authority he lives under for a light cause, be such authority what it may. [ Carlyle ]

In youth, grief comes with a rush and overflow, but it dries up, too, like the torrent. In the winter of life it remains a miserable pool, resisting all evaporation. [ Madame Swetchine ]

resisting in Scrabble®

The word resisting is playable in Scrabble®, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Scrabble® Letter Score: 10

Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays In The Letters resisting:

RESISTING
(99)
RESISTING
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Seven Letter Word Alert: (16 words)

igniter, ignites, ingests, ingress, inserts, resigns, resting, risings, signers, signets, singers, sinters, stinger, strings, tiering, tigress

 

All Scrabble® Plays For The Word resisting

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The 200 Highest Scoring Scrabble® Plays For Words Using The Letters In resisting

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resisting in Words With Friends™

The word resisting is playable in Words With Friends™, no blanks required. Because it is longer than 7 letters, you would have to play off an existing word or do it in several moves.

Words With Friends™ Letter Score: 12

Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Play In The Letters resisting:

RESISTING
(144)

Seven Letter Word Alert: (16 words)

igniter, ignites, ingests, ingress, inserts, resigns, resting, risings, signers, signets, singers, sinters, stinger, strings, tiering, tigress

 

All Words With Friends™ Plays For The Word resisting

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The 200 Highest Scoring Words With Friends™ Plays Using The Letters In resisting

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Words within the letters of resisting

2 letter words in resisting (5 words)

3 letter words in resisting (18 words)

8 letter words in resisting (4 words)

9 letter words in resisting (1 word)

Words containing the sequence resisting

Words that start with resisting (2 words)

Words with resisting in them (2 words)

Words that end with resisting (3 words)

Word Growth involving resisting

Shorter words in resisting

is resist

re resist

in tin ting sting

Longer words containing resisting

nonresisting

resistingly unresistingly

unresisting unresistingly