Irresistible

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Irresistible \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.
     [1913 Webster]


  
           An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek
           happiness.                               --J. M. Mason.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  irresistible
       adj 1: impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or
              resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an
              irresistible force meets an immovable object?" [syn: {resistless}]
              [ant: {resistible}]
       2: overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  201 Moby Thesaurus words for "irresistible":
     absolute, adducible, admissible, alluring, appealing, appetizing,
     armipotent, attestative, attestive, attractive, authentic,
     authoritative, based on, beguiling, bewitching, blandishing,
     cajoling, captivating, catching, certain, charismatic, charming,
     circumstantial, coactive, coaxing, cogent, come-hither, compelling,
     comprehensive, compulsatory, compulsive, compulsory, conclusive,
     consequential, considerable, constraining, convincing, coquettish,
     cumulative, damning, decisive, deep, delightful, determinative,
     documentary, documented, driving, dynamic, effective, enchanting,
     energetic, engaging, enravishing, enthralling, enticing,
     entrancing, evidential, evidentiary, ex parte, exciting,
     exhaustive, exotic, exquisite, eye-witness, factual, fascinating,
     fated, fateful, fetching, final, firsthand, flirtatious, forceful,
     forcible, founded on, full, glamorous, grand, grave, great,
     grounded on, hearsay, heart-robbing, heavy, high-potency,
     high-powered, high-pressure, high-tension, hypnotic, impenetrable,
     imperative, imperious, implicit, impregnable, in force, in power,
     incontestable, incontrovertible, indefeasible, indicative,
     indisputable, indomitable, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible,
     inevitable, inexorable, inexpugnable, inflexible, insuperable,
     intense, interesting, intriguing, invincible, inviolable, inviting,
     invulnerable, irrefutable, irrepressible, irrevocable, lovely,
     luxurious, main, material, maximum, mesmeric, mighty,
     mighty in battle, mouth-watering, necessary, nuncupative,
     operative, overpowering, overriding, overwhelming, piquant,
     plenary, potent, powerful, prepossessing, prepotent, pressing,
     presumptive, probative, provocative, provoquant, puissant,
     ravishing, relentless, reliable, resistless, restraining, ruling,
     seducing, seductive, sensuous, serious, significant, siren,
     sirenic, spellbinding, spellful, striking, strong, suggestive,
     sure, sure as death, sure as fate, symptomatic, taking,
     tantalizing, teasing, telling, tempting, thrilling, tickling,
     titillating, titillative, total, unassailable, unavoidable,
     unbearable, unbeatable, unconquerable, uncontrollable,
     undeflectable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unpreventable,
     unstoppable, unsubduable, unsurmountable, unyielding, valid,
     vigorous, vital, voluptuous, weighty, winning, winsome, witching