ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Resistless

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ɹɪˈzɪstləs/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Resistless is an adjective meaning That cannot be resisted; irresistible.

Meaning

That cannot be resisted; irresistible.

More Meanings

  1. Putting up no resistance; unresisting.

Example Sentences

His name was Talus, made of yron mould, / Immoveable, resistlesse, without end […]
Delving earth in his resistless way, / Howling, the Child with fierce flames / Issu'd from Enitharmon.
Is all our Life, then, but a dream / Seen faintly in the golden gleam / Athwart Time's dark resistless stream?
I seize the descending man .... I raise him with resistless will. / O despairer, here is my neck, / By God! you shall not go down! Hang your whole weight upon me.

Synonyms for resistless

Depending on context, synonyms include supine, overwhelming, passive, inactive, irresistible, overpowering.

Antonyms for resistless

Common opposites include resistible.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include irresistible, unresisting, passive, inactive, overwhelming, overpowering.

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