Synonyms for Resisted:

v.
• chafed
- Grated
- Rasped
- Rubbed
- Wore
- abraded
- aggravated
- chafed
- disturbed
- fretted
- ground
- harassed
- irritated
- scraped
- scrubbed
- worn
• contended
- Antagonized
- Bickered
- Brawled
- Clashed
- Conflicted
- Contended
- Contrasted
- Encountered
- Protested
- Quarreled
- Stood
- Struggled
- Vied
- Withstood
- Wrangled
- Wrestled
- disputed
- hassled
• defended
- Answered
- Argued
- Averted
- Defended
- Fended
- Policed
- Rebutted
- Replied
- Responded
- Retorted
- Returned
- Screened
- Upheld
- Warded
- backfired
- barred
- barricaded
- buffered
- counterattacked
- covered
- guarded
- opposed
- protected
- safeguarded
- saved
- secured
- sheltered
- shielded
- supported
- sustained
• defied
- Challenged
- Confronted
- Contravened
- Counteracted
- Countermanded
- Defied
- Dissented
- Rebelled
- affronted
- countered
- crossed
- dared
- faced
• hindered
- Bunged
- Caught
- Crimped
- Dammed
- Detained
- Deterred
- Dragged
- Entrapped
- Hampered
- Hamstrung
- Snagged
- Stayed
- baffled
- blocked
- bottlenecked
- braked
- burdened
- choked
- clogged
- complicated
- congested
- constipated
- constrained
- cramped
- crippled
- curbed
- delayed
- encumbered
- entangled
- fettered
- fouled
- frustrated
- handicapped
- impaired
- interrupted
- jammed
- mired
- paralyzed
- plugged
- restrained
- restricted
- snarled
- stopped
- tangled
- thwarted
• opposed
- Contradicted
- Disagreed
- Fought
- Hindered
- Intercepted
- Interfered
- Meddled
- Objected
- Rebuffed
- Repelled
- Repulsed
- checked
- impeded
- inhibited
- obstructed
- oppressed
- repressed
- suppressed
• resisted
- Snubbed
- stood fast
- stood firm
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Equivalence
- Verb, past tense
  Withstood.
- Verb, past participle
  Withstood.
Reverse Entailment
- Verb, past tense
  resistance.
Independent
- Verb, past tense
  addressed, blocked, boycott, faced, opposed, opposing, received, rejected, turned, Against, Battled, Bounced, Challenged, Declined, Defied, Denied, Disagreed, Disallowed, Encountered, Fought, Objected, Rebuffed, Refused, Repelled, Repulsed, Responded, Combated, Stood, countered, objects, withheld, combatted.
- Verb, past participle
  accomplished, addressed, barred, condemned, contested, controlled, defeated, discarded, discharged, discouraged, dismissed, disposed, disputed, disqualified, done, engaged, handled, held, obstructive, opposed, overcome, overturned, received, rejected, released, repudiated, resistance, reversed, stopped, thrown, turned, weathered, Accommodated, Against, Approached, Averted, Avoided, Battled, Boycotted, Challenged, Dealt, Declined, Defended, Denied, Disallowed, Discounted, Emitted, Endured, Eradicated, Fought, Greeted, Met, Objected, Ostracized, Overruled, Rebuffed, Rebutted, Refused, Repulsed, Screened, Served, Tackled, Voided, Combated, Confronted, Contradicted, Contrasted, Counteracted, Precluded, Prevented, Prosecuted, Protested, Spared, Stigmatized, Stood, Survived, countered, objects, withheld, eschewed, Dishonoured, combatted.

What are the hypernyms for Resisted?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
challenge, combat, counteract, defy, oppose, refute, reject, repudiate, resist, thwart, withstand.

Usage examples for Resisted

When Lingard bade her good-night, he Resisted the temptation, the curiously strong temptation, of asking Mrs. Maule if she would allow him to kiss her feet.

"Jane Oglander"

Marie Belloc Lowndes

Then Betty did what every woman does when her lover is blamed, no matter how earnestly she may have Resisted him before.

"The Eye of Dread"

Payne Erskine

Stas pressed his teeth and Resisted as well as he could, but in vain.

"In Desert and Wilderness"

Henryk Sienkiewicz

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