Resist
To withstand or oppose the effect, influence, or pressure of something; to refuse to comply or yield.
verbResist
To withstand or oppose the effect, influence, or pressure of something; to refuse to comply or yield.
verbImagine This
Imagine a fortified gate resisting a raging flood; the water pounds against it, but the gate stands firm and refuses to give way.
Sounds Like
ri-ZIST
Looks Like
Looks like: resembles related forms such as resistance and resistant.
Remember This
Remember: Resist often takes a direct object (what you resist). The noun form is resistance; adjectival forms include resistant and resistible.
Other Forms
Connect With
withstand, oppose, defy, endure, challenge
Note
Tip: Distinguish resist from desist (to stop doing something). Resist means to oppose or withstand; desist means to cease an action. Also note the third-person form resists.