Unresisting [adjective]

Definition of Unresisting:

shy; compliant

Synonyms of Unresisting:

● Submissive

● Subdued

● Deferential

● Serene

● Passive

● Gentle

● Docile

● Timid

● Unassuming

● Forbearing

● Humble

● Lenient

● Long-suffering

● Lowly

● Manageable

● Mild

● Modest

● Nothing

● Orderly

● Pabulum

● Patient

● Peaceful

● Plain

● Resigned

● Soft

● Spineless

● Spiritless

● Tame

● Tolerant

● Unpretentious

● Weak

● Wishy-washy

● Yielding

● Zero

● Acquiescent

● Milquetoast

● Longanimous

● Weak-kneed


Opposite/Antonyms of Unresisting:

● Emboldened

● Bold

● Troubled

● Uninhibited

● Impertinent

● Immodest

● Brave

● Excited

● Unyielding

● Intractable

● Disobedient


Sentence/Example of Unresisting:

He led her, unresisting, around to the couch at the other side of the table.

Yates hastened to meet her, clasping one of her unresisting hands in his.

I certainly was bound by no law to allow a ruffian to cut me down, unresisting.

He held her unresisting hand, but her face was hidden from him.

In the whole of this transaction the Moravians were passive and unresisting.

She held out her hand, and took in hers his own unresisting fingers.

And he took in his own a hand that Ruth, amazed and unresisting, yielded up to him.

He drew her toward him, unresisting, their gaze still on each other.

She snatched from Lingard's unresisting palm the sheet of paper.

He took her unresisting hand, drew it within his arm, and led her down the stairs.