resistant (resisting)
31weather-resistant — /wedh euhr ri zis teuhnt/, adj. resisting the effects of severe weather, as rain or cold: weather resistant cloth for topcoats. [1930 35] …
32water-resistant — /waw teuhr ri zis teuhnt, wot euhr /, adj. resisting though not entirely preventing the penetration of water. [1920 25] * * * …
33contumacious — I adjective anarchistic, cantankerous, contemptuous, contumax, defiant, defying lawful authority, disobedient, entete, factious, fractious, headstrong, indocile, indomitable, insolent, insolently disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, mutinous …
34resistive — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Having the capacity to withstand: immune, impervious, insusceptible, proof, resistant, unsusceptible. See RESIST. 2. Tending to resist, as an influence or idea: renitent, resistant, resisting. See RESIST …
35renitent — I adjective adverse, antagonistic, antipathetic, antipathetical, conflicting, counteracting, counteractive, demurring, disapproving, disgusted, disinclined, dissenting, firm, indisposed, indocile, insurrectional, intractable, intransigent, loath …
36beyond control — Synonyms and related words: breachy, contumacious, defiant, fractious, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, obstreperous, out of hand, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, shrewish,… …
37complaining — Synonyms and related words: Jeremianic, beef, beefing, bellyache, bellyaching, bitch, bitching, complaint, complaintful, crabbing, crabby, cranky, croaking, destructive criticism, disappointed, discontented, disgruntled, displeased, disputatious …
38contumacious — Synonyms and related words: alienated, beyond control, breachy, contrary, defiant, disaffected, estranged, factious, fractious, froward, impatient of control, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable,… …
39defiant — Synonyms and related words: aggressive, antagonistic, arrogant, audacious, belligerent, beyond control, bold, brash, brassy, brazen, breachy, bumptious, challenging, cheeky, cocky, contemptuous, contumacious, daring, defying, derisive, disdainful …
40disinclined — Synonyms and related words: afraid, allergic, antipathetic, at odds, averse, backward, balking, boggling, cursory, differing, disaffected, disagreeing, disenchanted, disobedient, displeased, doubtful, dubious, forced, fractious, hesitant, hostile …
