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resistible

adj · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Able to be resisted.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adjective

Meaning 2

capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a resistible attack
  • such resistible temptations

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: irresistible

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ibilis Old French -ibleder. Middle English -ible English -ible English resistible From resist + -ible.

Across languages

Translations

12 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: resistible — able to be resisted
  • Catalan: resistible — able to be resisted
  • Czech: odolatelný — able to be resisted
  • French: résistible — able to be resisted
  • Galician: resistible — able to be resisted
  • Galician: resistíbel — able to be resisted
  • Hungarian: ellenállható — able to be resisted
  • Hungarian: leküzdhető — able to be resisted
  • Italian: resistibile — able to be resisted
  • Portuguese: resistível — able to be resisted
  • Romanian: rezistibil — able to be resisted
  • Spanish: resistible — able to be resisted