单词 | resistful |
释义 | resistfuladj. Inclined to resist someone or something; capable of resistance. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > difficulty > opposition > [adjective] > resisting rebel1340 resisting?a1425 repugnantc1443 rebela1450 resistentc1450 obstant1486 resistanta1513 reluctant1604 renitent1604 resistive1605 resistful1614 outstandingc1650 withstanding1711 unamenable1771 recalcitrating1870 1614 C. Brooke Ghost Richard III iii. xxxii. sig. K2 The wrong incensed Peeres, augment his Band, And giue his weakenes, a resistfull force. 1822 tr. M. de Cervantes Exemplary Novels I. 376 A woman as inflexible and indignantly resistful, as Leonora was artless and imprudent. 1846 T. Hawksley in A. Helps Friends in Council (1847) I. viii. 134 The human constitution becomes gradually more resistful and..hardened. 1902 Ann. Amer. Acad. Polit. & Social Sci. 20 172 The children are in less danger of developing wrong habits, temptation to dishonesty, a sullen or resistful spirit toward those in control. 1951 M. Moore Let. 22 June in Sel. Lett. (1997) 492 It is after all, loyalty which makes one resistful. 1999 J. W. Voelz in I. R. Kitzberger Personal Voice in Biblical Interpr. 167 I see my problem as a Christian not as lack of proper information but as having a self-centred and resistful heart. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < adj.1614 |
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