resistible
[ ri-zis-tuh-buh l ]
/ rɪˈzɪs tə bəl /
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adjective
that can be resisted.
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Nearby words
- resistance, free french,
- resistant,
- resistantly,
- resistate,
- resistencia,
- resistive,
- resistivity,
- resistless,
- resistor,
- resit
Origin of resistible
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for resistible
As to your Life Force, which you think irresistible, it is the most resistible thing in the world for a person of any character.
Man And Superman|George Bernard ShawHad he calculated in his own subtle brain that temptations are least resistible when they are most tangible?
Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2)|Charles James LeverThe latter is chiefly used for furniture, as it is the most resistible wood of the West.
The Huns were found to be resistible, vulnerable, breakable.
Raemaekers' Cartoons|Louis Raemaekers
resistible
1640s, from resist (v.) + -ible. Alternative resistable attested from c.1600.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper