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Definition of Irresistible
1. Adjective. Impossible to resist; overpowering. "What happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"
Similar to: Overpowering, Overwhelming
Derivative terms: Irresistibility, Irresistibleness
Antonyms: Resistible
2. Adjective. Overpoweringly attractive. "Irresistible beauty"
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
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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