irresistible
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3.8
- adjective
- /ˌɪrɪˈzɪstəbl/
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irresistible
- The dessert looked irresistible, tempting me to have another piece despite being full.
- irresistible impulse
- irresistible temptation
- prove irresistible
She will find you irresistible after you watch this video.
- She will find you irresistible after you watch this video.
- So the third thing, the third feminine trait men find irresistible, is being submissive.
- So it's completely normal that we find it an irresistible temptation.
- So it's almost irresistible to make them equal.
- Guys, if there is one thing that I find irresistible, it's curvy LGS.
- It manifests itself as an irresistible compulsion.
- As you love and accept yourself more, that will be highly irresistible to the man that you're with.
- Hegel tells us that enlightenment holds an irresistible authority over faith by this point, right?
- And again, if we think back here, we are going to make an irresistible offer.
- So anyway, I that man is irresistible.
Examples
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I decided that he had to think of me as intelligent and irresistible, come what may.
Academic text (1999) -
So all three of you girls find him irresistible.
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Creating irresistible offers, what does that mean?
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The moment I arrive here, I almost feel an irresistible pull... ...to this.
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Ah, but I think he found them irresistible.
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This was an irresistible chance to know my mother's mind.
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Perhaps the idea of human rights had become part of the Zeitgeist, with irresistible appeal.
Academic text (1990) -
Molly stops the car and rolls down the window, smiling her irresistible smile.
Fiction book (1991) -
So the first quality that Lizzo exudes that is so irresistible is that she loves herself completely.
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He's got that Continental accent that some women find irresistible.
Synonyms
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1.0
Pleasing to look at or enjoy and making people interested
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5.1
So strong, interesting, and convincing that people cannot ignore it
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2.3
Makes people like it, for example a friendly smile or a new idea
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2.7
Causes you to want to do or have something even if you know you should not
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5.5
Causes someone to feel attracted and want something or do something
25
4.9
Attractive and likely to make you want something
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5.2
Very attractive in a way that makes people feel interested or want it
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6.3
Very attractive in a way that makes you want it but you cannot have it
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3.7
Very attractive in a way that feels like magic
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4.4
Having a strong, attractive personality that makes people like them
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4.2
Holding people's attention because it is pleasant and interesting
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3.9
Attracts attention because it looks bright or unusual
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3.2
So attractive you cannot say no
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5.8
So beautiful or interesting that it holds your full attention
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6.6
Very attractive in a way that seems to cast a spell
Too strong to stop or fight against
Attractive in a way that makes people like someone or something
Attractive in a way that makes people like them romantically
Antonyms
Compounds
How Irresistible
Surface Forms
Morphology
irresistible = resistible (transparent) = ir + resist + ible
The negative prefix 'ir-' negates 'resistible' straightforwardly, yielding 'not able to be resisted'.
Etymology
The word irresistible comes from the parts in- meaning 'not' and resist meaning 'to refuse'. So, something irresistible is 'not able to be resisted', which is why it is so attractive or strong that you cannot say no to it.