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单词 resigned
释义

resigned

adjective

re·​signed ri-ˈzīnd How to pronounce resigned (audio)
: feeling or showing acceptance that something unwanted or unpleasant will happen or cannot be changed
a resigned sigh
They had the resigned manners of long-term detainees. Jonathan Raban
often used with to
He was fifty-seven years old and resigned to the fact that the rest of his days would be spent in convenient bachelorhood … James A. MichenerI am not resigned to the shutting away of loving hearts in the cold ground. Edna St.Vincent Millay… Mr. Ogata is resigned to his life rather than contented. James Sterngold
resignedly
ri-ˈzī-nəd-lē How to pronounce resigned (audio)
adverb
With a gleam in his eye and a twinkle in his lens, he seems to tell us sweetly, sadly, rather resignedly that a little absurdity, a bit of imbalance is about what we should expect from life. Vicki Goldberg

Synonyms

  • acquiescent
  • nonresistant
  • passive
  • tolerant
  • tolerating
  • unresistant
  • yielding
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Word History

First Known Use

1699, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

resigned

adjective

re·​signed
ri-ˈzīnd
: showing acceptance of something unpleasant
"I'll do it," he said in a resigned voice.

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adjective

as in acquiescent
receiving or enduring without offering resistance I am resigned to the fact that I'll never make the list of the 400 richest Americans

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • acquiescent
  • tolerating
  • passive
  • stoic
  • willing
  • obedient
  • yielding
  • surrendering
  • tolerant
  • subordinate
  • nonresistant
  • stoical
  • patient
  • impassive
  • docile
  • uncomplaining
  • unresistant
  • conformist
  • forbearing
  • obliging
  • pliant
  • submissive
  • complying
  • compliant
  • subservient
  • pliable
  • amiable
  • apathetic
  • amenable
  • conformable
  • agreeable
  • disciplined
  • governable
  • unresponsive
  • uncaring
  • tractable
  • obeisant
  • long-suffering
  • guidable
  • manageable
  • law-abiding
  • slavish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • protesting
  • resistant
  • resisting
  • defiant
  • uncontrollable
  • unyielding
  • contrary
  • mutinous
  • insubordinate
  • rebellious
  • intractable
  • contumacious
  • restive
  • disobedient
  • recalcitrant
  • ungovernable
  • refractory
  • wilful
  • unruly
  • insurgent
  • willful
  • balky
  • wrongheaded
  • wayward
  • headstrong
  • indomitable
  • perverse
  • undisciplined
  • untoward
  • unmanageable
  • dissident
  • incompliant
  • froward
  • nonconformist
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resigned

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verb

past tense of resign
as in relinquished
to give up (as a position of authority) formally following the election, the incumbent cabinet members resigned their positions so the president could feel free to pick a new administration

Synonyms & Similar Words

  • relinquished
  • abdicated
  • renounced
  • denied
  • ceded
  • surrendered
  • vacated
  • disavowed
  • disowned
  • waived
  • demitted
  • abandoned
  • abnegated
  • disclaimed
  • abjured
  • quitted
  • stepped down (from)
  • stepped aside (from)
  • deserted
  • forsook
  • quit
  • handed over
  • yielded
  • gave up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

  • assumed
  • claimed
  • confiscated
  • appropriated
  • seized
  • usurped
  • arrogated
  • defended
  • secured
  • took over
  • protected
  • wrested
  • guarded
  • safeguarded
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