1. impossible to resist; overpowering - irresistible (or resistless) impulses - what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? • Syn: irresistible • Ant: resistible (for: irresistible) • Similar to: overpowering, overwhelming • Derivationally related forms: irresistibleness (for: irresistible), irresistibility (for: irresistible) 2. 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 • Syn: supine, unresisting • Similar to: passive, inactive
