Lexic.us

Definition of Resistless

1. Adjective. Impossible to resist; overpowering. "What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"

2. Adjective. Offering no resistance. "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried"

Definition of Resistless

1. a. Having no power to resist; making no opposition.

Definition of Resistless

1. Adjective. irresistible ¹

2. Adjective. unresisting ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Resistless

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Resistless

resistibilities resistibility resistible resistin resisting resisting arrest resistingly resistins resistive resistive movement

resistively resistiveness resistivenesses resistivities resistivity resistless resistlessly resistlessness resistor resistors

resists resit resite resited resites resiting resits resitting resittings resituate

Literary usage of Resistless

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Works of Hannah More by Hannah More (1835)
"That nameless grace which sooths a second age ; 'Tis this, whose charm the soul resistless seize, And gives Boscawen half her power to please. ..."

2. The Seasons by James Thomson, Patrick Murdoch, John Aikin (1811)
"... subterranean world, The expanding earthquake, that resistless shakes Aspiring cities from their solid base, And buries mountains in the flaming gulf. ..."

3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1862)
"... Like a long-frozen fount whose ice is touched By the resistless sun and melts away, And fixing his last gaze on her and heaven, Went to the Judge in ..."

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