Meaning of IRRESISTIBLE
| Pronunciation: | | `iri'zistubul
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- [adj] overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty"
- [adj] impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"
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| | Synonyms: | | attractive, overpowering, overwhelming, resistless |
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| | Antonyms: | | resistible | | |
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| | Definition: | | Irresistible
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| | Definition: | | \Ir`re*sist"i*ble\, a. [Pref. ir- not + resistible:
cf. F. irr['e]sistible.]
That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to
opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible
attraction.
An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek
happiness. --J. M. Mason.
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