resilient

English

Adjective

resilient (comparative more resilient, superlative most resilient)

1. Able to endure tribulation without cracking.
   • 1994, Michael Grumley, The Last Diary:

     He’s resilient, and strong, but sometimes tonight, here, the weight of what he’s saying makes him stop, pause as if lost.

Derived terms

• resilience

Synonyms

• bendable
• flexible
• strong

Antonyms

• brittle
• fragile

Translations

able to weather tribulation without cracking

Arabic: مرن (ar) Bulgarian: издръжлив (bg) Finnish: joustava (fi) (flexible), sitkeä (fi) (tough), tukeva (fi) (strong) French: flexible (fr) m. and f., résistant (fr) m. German: elastisch, federnd, spannkräftig, unverwüstlich

Hungarian: rugalmas Italian: elastico (it), flessibile (it) Polish: elastyczny Portuguese: resiliente (pt), elástico (pt) Russian: эластичный (ru) (elastíčnyj), упругий (ru) (uprúgij)

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Latin

Verb

resilient

1. third-person plural future active indicative of resiliō