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resigned Definition

re·signed (ri zīnd′)

adjective

feeling or showing resignation; submissive; yielding and uncomplaining

resigned Related Forms
re·sign′·edly (-zīn′id lē) adverb re·sign′·ed·ness noun
resigned Synonyms

resigned

modif.

submissive, acquiescent, docile, tractable, yielding, relinquishing, gentle, obedient, manageable, willing, agreeable, ready, amenable, pliant, compliant, easily managed, well-disposed, satisfied, quiescent, quiet, patient, unresisting, uncomplaining, tolerant, calm, reconciled, adjusted, adapted, accommodated, tame, biddable, nonresisting, passive, philosophical, renouncing, unassertive, subservient, deferential, long-suffering.

Antonyms rebellious*, recalcitrant*, resistant.

resigned Usage Examples

Modifies a noun

  • acceptance: Therefore, the chief task of the rulers is always to secure the active or resigned acceptance of the majority of the citizens.
  • smile: Eddie, who suffered so much and always had a resigned smile.
  • air: To some extent there was a resigned air of deja vu.
  • sigh: No more than a resigned sigh and a swift move on to the next question.
  • tone: But, as the years have passed, a resigned, disdainful tone has crept into their responses.
  • attitude: Yet this resigned, lukewarm attitude does not create the right atmosphere for true harmonious existence.
resigned Quotes

If some of my former colleagues are to be believed, I must be the first minister in history to have resigned because he was in full agreement with government policy.

—Howe, Baron