resisted

VERB

withstand, oppose

Synonyms

STRONGEST

abide combat confront continue curb defy endure forgo maintain prevent refuse repel thwart turn down

STRONG

antagonize assail assault battle bear brook buck check contend counteract countervail dispute duel forbear hinder hold persevere persist refrain remain stay stonewall suffer traverse weather

WEAK

abstain from die hard fight back hold off hold out against keep from leave alone put up a fight remain firm stand up to struggle against

Antonyms

STRONGEST

OK accept aid allow assist discontinue encourage help stop surrender

STRONG

abandon advance agree cease desert give in give up go indulge leave permit quit reject

WEAK

comply conform go along

Example Sentences

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Elvis Presley’s music has been reissued album by album, collected in volumes of hits, compiled chronologically, resifted by style and, lately, remixed as electronic anachronisms.

From New York Times • Dec. 9, 2010

The Nimrud find is especially interesting because it was made in sands that had been sifted and resifted by some of the world's most accomplished treasure hunters.

From Time Magazine Archive

Orsay has called them in and resifted them.

From Time Magazine Archive

The story of Mont�s' futile wanderings is told through the recollections of derisive and uncomprehending French villagers, resifted by the man who collected the gossip, and who was the gaunt man's only close acquaintance.

From Time Magazine Archive

HATHORNE: "Dear sir, we have inquired; Sifted the matter thoroughly through and through, And then resifted it."

From The Witchcraft Delusion in Colonial Connecticut (1647-1697) by Taylor, John M. (John Metcalf)