irresistible
/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/
irresistible adjective: impossible to resist.
Adjective
irresistible (comparative more irresistible, superlative most irresistible)
- Impossible to resist.
- Where the breakdown of traditional authority set the poor of the earth on the march, where they left the obscurity of their misfortunes and streamed upon the market-place, their furor seemed as irresistible as the motion of the stars, a torrent rushing forward with elemental force and engulfing a...1963, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, page 103
- Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible: at what point did handwriting begin to express individual personality?2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review), archived from the...
- Compellingly attractive.
irresistible meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
irresistible in Tamil
- தடுத்தற்கரிய, வலியதாகிய, தவிர்க்க முடியாத, கவர்ந்திழுக்கும், நேசிக்கத்தக்க
irresistible in Urdu
- ناقابل مزاحمت, پرکشش
irresistible in Bengali
- অপ্রতিরোধ্য, অতি আকর্ষণীয়
irresistible in Telugu
- irresistible
- అనివార్యము anivāryamu
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- irresistible in Malayalam
- ചെറുത്തുനിർത്താനാവാത്ത, അത്യാകർഷകമായ, തടുക്കാനാവാത്ത, ദുർന്നിവാരം
- irresistible in Kannada
- ಎದುರಿಸಲಾಗದ, ತಡೆಯಲಾಗದ, ಅಪ್ರತಿರೋಧ್ಯ, ಪ್ರತಿಬಂಧಿಸಲಾಗದ
- irresistible in Vietnamese
- không thể cưỡng lại
Examples of irresistible in a sentence
- He's got this mad idea that he's irresistible to women.
- Some carpet sharks find cloth an irresistible delicacy and chew holes in the fabric.
- These chubby fries are dusted with sugar and spice and are totally irresistible.
Synonyms of irresistible
Forms of irresistible
| comparative | more irresistible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irresistible |
| alternative form (dated) | irresistable |
Origin of irresistible
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin irresistibilis, equivalent to ir- + resistible.
Words formed from irresistible
Questions about irresistible
- What does irresistible mean?
- Irresistible means impossible to resist.
- What is irresistible in Tamil?
- Irresistible in Tamil is தடுத்தற்கரிய, வலியதாகிய, தவிர்க்க முடியாத. See Irresistible meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is irresistible?
- Irresistible is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce irresistible?
- Irresistible is pronounced /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/.
Words near irresistible in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: irresistible (page history and authors); irresistible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresistible (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); Irresistible (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); అనివార్యము (Telugu) (page history and authors); irresistible (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irresistible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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