resigned
/rɪˈzʌɪnd
/adjective
Having accepted something unpleasant that one cannot do anything about: my response is a resigned shrug of the shoulders...
- His work was a flaming call to arms; hers is resigned, melancholy, even funereal.
- Instead of being outraged, many ranchers seemed resigned.
- Some argue at being stopped, others cajole, others are resigned.
Derivatives
resignedly
/ adverb ...- ‘I really don't listen to anything to be honest with you,’ he resignedly admits from his Dallas home.
- ‘I am facing decisions all my life,’ he said resignedly, while checking in luggage.
- Having put my hats away for another year, I resignedly shake the mothballs from my woollens and resolutely turn to face the dark months ahead.
resignedness
- It fostered a certain resignedness, but also a great pride in its tenacity.
- They all walked to their cars in various stages of grumpiness and resignedness.
- Moreover, the film has a sort of resignedness to it...a man comes, stays, then leaves.