unresisting
Accepting without struggle
Unresisting describes someone or something that offers no opposition or struggle.
An unresisting prisoner submits quietly to arrest.
The word often carries connotations of passivity or helplessness: She watched with unresisting calm as they took her belongings.
Sometimes it suggests willing surrender rather than defeated acceptance.
Readily yielding to control
- compliantYielding to others' wishes
- obedientFollowing commands willingly
- meekHumbly unassertive
- subduedReduced in intensity
deferential · servile · subservient · docile · tame · biddable · dutiful · acquiescent
Bending under pressure
- pliableCapable of bending easily
- flexibleAble to bend freely
- malleableCapable of being shaped
- softYielding to touch
gentle · accommodating · cooperative · obliging · agreeable · conciliatory · bendable · giving
Not actively participating
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- inactiveNot currently functioning
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
- indifferentLacking interest or concern
detached · apathetic · phlegmatic · impassive · stoic · nonchalant · disinterested · resigned
submissive
Readily yielding to control
subdued · deferential · servile · subservient · docile · tame · biddable · dutiful · acquiescent · tractable
yielding
Bending under pressure
soft · gentle · accommodating · cooperative · obliging · agreeable · conciliatory · bendable · giving · relenting
passive
Not actively participating
- inertInactive, physically or chemically
- inactiveNot currently functioning
- unresponsiveFailing to react or reply
indifferent · detached · apathetic · phlegmatic · impassive · stoic · nonchalant · disinterested · resigned · accepting
- submissivesubmissive, subservient, obedient, servile, docile
- passivedocile, meek, submissive, compliant, subdued
unresistingresisting
Actively opposing pressure
resistant · fighting · struggling · opposing · combative
unresistingdefiant
Openly resisting control
stubborn · disobedient · obstinate · insubordinate · mutinous
resist, resistance, resistant, irresistible, resisting, resisted, nonresistant, resistor, resistible