adj
Meaning 1
That cannot be resisted; irresistible.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
resistless
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹɪˈzɪstləs/
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General-American: /ɹəˈzɪstləs/
adj
Meaning 2
Putting up no resistance; unresisting.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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adjective
Meaning 3
impossible to resist; overpowering
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- irresistible (or resistless) impulses
- what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: irresistible
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
offering no resistance- Theodore Roosevelt
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- resistless hostages
- No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: supine, unresisting
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English resist Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English resistless From resist + -less.