| Resisting 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Resist. 2. (a.) Making resistance; opposing; as, a resisting medium. Thesaurus Entries breachy, contumacious, defiant, fractious, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, intractable, irrepressible, obstreperous, out of hand, recalcitrant, refractory, resistant, resisting, restive, shrewish, unbiddable, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unruly, unsubmissive, wild |