| resistless | | |
| adj. | 1. irresistible, resistless | impossible to resist; overpowering.; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?" |
| ~ overpowering, overwhelming | so strong as to be irresistible.; "an overpowering need for solitude"; "the temptation to despair may become overwhelming"; "an overwhelming majority" |
| adj. | 2. resistless, supine, unresisting | offering no resistance.; "resistless hostages"; "No other colony showed such supine, selfish helplessness in allowing her own border citizens to be mercilessly harried" |
| ~ passive, inactive | lacking in energy or will.; "Much benevolence of the passive order may be traced to a disinclination to inflict pain upon oneself" |
| take lying down | | |
| v. (cognition) | 1. take lying down | suffer without protest; suffer or endure passively.; "I won't take this insult lying down" |
| ~ brook, endure, tolerate, abide, stomach, bear, digest, stick out, put up, suffer, stand, support | put up with something or somebody unpleasant.; "I cannot bear his constant criticism"; "The new secretary had to endure a lot of unprofessional remarks"; "he learned to tolerate the heat"; "She stuck out two years in a miserable marriage" |
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