1.
[syn: irresistible, resistless]
2. overpoweringly attractive;
- Example: "irresistible beauty"
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
irresistible
adj 1: impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or
resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible
force meets an immovable object?" [syn: irresistible,
resistless] [ant: resistible]
2: overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty"