resigned

  • 11resigned — re|signed [ rı zaınd ] adjective accepting that something unpleasant must happen and that you cannot change it: a resigned shrug/sigh be resigned to (doing) something: He is now resigned to playing for a minor league team. ╾ re|sign|ed|ly [ rı… …

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  • 12resigned — [[t]rɪza͟ɪnd[/t]] ADJ: usu v link ADJ, usu ADJ to n/ ing If you are resigned to an unpleasant situation or fact, you accept it without complaining because you realize that you cannot change it. He is resigned to the noise, the mess, the constant… …

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  • 13resigned — UK [rɪˈzaɪnd] / US adjective accepting that something unpleasant must happen and that you cannot change it a resigned shrug/sigh be resigned to (doing) something: He is resigned to playing for a minor league team. Derived word: resignedly UK… …

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  • 14resigned — adj. Resigned is used with these nouns: ↑shrug, ↑sigh …

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  • 15resigned — adjective he gave a resigned sigh Syn: patient, long suffering, uncomplaining, forbearing, stoical, philosophical, fatalistic, acquiescent, compliant, passive, submissive …

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  • 16resigned — /rəˈzaɪnd / (say ruh zuynd) adjective 1. submissive or acquiescent. 2. characterised by or indicative of resignation. –phrase 3. resigned to, with one s mind made up to accept. –resignedly /rəˈzaɪnədli/ (say ruh zuynuhdlee), adverb –resignedness… …

  • 17resigned — adj. (often foll. by to) having resigned oneself; submissive, acquiescent. Derivatives: resignedly adv. resignedness n …

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  • 18resigned — resignedly /ri zuy nid lee/, adv. resignedness, n. /ri zuynd /, adj. 1. submissive or acquiescent. 2. characterized by or indicative of resignation. [1645 55; RESIGN + ED2] * * * …

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  • 19resigned — adjective Characterized by resignation or acceptance …

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  • 20resigned — Synonyms and related words: Laodicean, Olympian, abandoned, abject, abjured, accepting, accommodating, acquiescent, adapting, adaptive, adjusting, agreeable, aloof, amenable, antiquated, antique, apathetic, archaic, assenting, at ease, benumbed,… …

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