Resistless
[ri'zistlis]
Definition
(adj.) offering no resistance; 'resistless hostages'; 'No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried'- Theodore Roosevelt .
Edited by Helen--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Having no power to resist; making no opposition.
(a.) Incapable of being resisted; irresistible.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Irresistible.
Editor: Rhoda
Examples
- She had not rummaged her drawers for a month past, and the impulse to perform that operation was now become resistless. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Let us not for a moment forget our object and our hope; and they will form a resistless mound to stop the overflowing of our regret for trifles. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- We shall see whether it is for you or not, rejoined my godmotheradding with her resistless decision: Mark my words. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- I saw his solemn eye melt with sudden fire, and flicker with resistless emotion. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I seem to be in the grasp of some resistless, inexorable evil, which no foresight and no precautions can guard against. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
Editor: Rhoda