Definition of Irresistible

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

Exact synonyms: Resistless
Similar to: Overpowering, Overwhelming
Derivative terms: Irresistibility, Irresistibleness
Antonyms: Resistible

2. Adjective. Overpoweringly attractive. "Irresistible beauty"
Similar to: Attractive
Derivative terms: Irresistibility, Irresistibleness

Definition of Irresistible

1. a. That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction.

Definition of Irresistible

1. Adjective. Not able to be resisted. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Irresistible

1. [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Irresistible

irreproachably
irreproducibility
irreproducible
irreproducibly
irreprovable
irreprovableness
irreprovably
irreps
irreptitious
irreputable
irresilient
irresistable
irresistably
irresistance
irresistibility
irresistible (current term)
irresistible grace
irresistible impulse
irresistibleness
irresistibly
irresistless
irresoluble
irresolubleness
irresolubly
irresolute
irresolutely
irresoluteness
irresolution
irresolutions
irresolvability

Literary usage of Irresistible

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

1. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"... seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history. ..."

2. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"Its character drawing is photographic, its dialogue irresistible, and its humor contagious. It presents a series of kodak pictures of boy life such as will ..."

3. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... found impossible to remove the opinion of the multitude, and the power of opinion is irresistible. Places or persons struck with lightning were ..."

4. Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville (1839)
"... seems irresistible, because it is the most uniform, the most ancient, and the most permanent tendency which is to be found in history. ..."

5. Publishers Weekly by Publishers' Board of Trade (U.S.), Book Trade Association of Philadelphia, American Book Trade Union, Am. Book Trade Association, R.R. Bowker Company (1904)
"Its character drawing is photographic, its dialogue irresistible, and its humor contagious. It presents a series of kodak pictures of boy life such as will ..."

6. The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon (1843)
"... found impossible to remove the opinion of the multitude, and the power of opinion is irresistible. Places or persons struck with lightning were ..."

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