resigned
- adjective
- /rɪˈzaɪnd/
- After years of trying to find a cure, she finally felt resigned to her diagnosis and accepted her situation.
Dead time is passive and waiting and, you know, resigned and a live time is embracing and living and doing.
- Dead time is passive and waiting and, you know, resigned and a live time is embracing and living and doing.
- It's Ellie Mae, beautiful face, very proud and very sad and very resigned, but not giving up.
Examples
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It's Ellie Mae, beautiful face, very proud and very sad and very resigned, but not giving up.
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Dead time is passive and waiting and, you know, resigned and a live time is embracing and living and doing.
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So she's resigned obviously, and slow down.
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And this poem kind of came out of that, the resigned true.
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He was resigned to the fact that he would not be promoted this year, despite his hard work.
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Despite the challenges ahead, she remained resigned, knowing that fighting against it would only lead to more frustration.
Synonyms
Willing to accept rules or decisions without protest
Not showing you are unhappy when you have problems or pain
Willing to agree easily and give up their own view
How Accepting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Resigned comes from the verb resign, made of re- 'back' and sign (like 'sign'), and it originally meant to 'give up' or hand something back. So, if you are resigned (accepting something unpleasant), you have 'given up' resisting and quietly accept the situation.