irresistible
[ir-i-zis-tuh-buh l]
- not resistible; incapable of being resisted or withstood: an irresistible impulse.
- lovable, especially calling forth feelings of protective love: an irresistible puppy.
- enticing; tempting to possess: an irresistible necklace.
- an irresistible person or thing.
Origin of irresistible
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Contemporary Examples
What an alternately messed up, irresistibly catchy, reprehensible, utterly charming holiday classic.
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November 19, 2014
Expansive, amused, irresistibly self-confident, self-deprecating.
First love is here presented as a force at once violent, cleansing, and irresistibly powerful.
Historical Examples
The face, the tone, the outstretched arm, all drew her irresistibly to him.
The Little ColonelAnnie Fellows Johnston
But didnt Altamont say that he had been caught among the ice, and dragged there irresistibly?
The Field of IceJules Verne
Why were they not always and irresistibly drawn toward the very idea of God?
Salted With FireGeorge MacDonald
"The romance of the story is irresistibly fascinating," says The Independent.
Hetty's Strange HistoryHelen Jackson
We are irresistibly impelled to endeavour to fill up these gaps.
Introduction to the Study of HistoryCharles V. Langlois
irresistible
- not able to be resisted or refused; overpoweringan irresistible impulse
- very fascinating or alluringan irresistible woman
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Word Origin and History for irresistibly
irresistible
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