Dictionary Definition
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"
User Contributed Dictionary
English
Adjective
- Not able to be resisted.
Translations
- Dutch: onweerstaanbaar
- Finnish: vastustamaton
- German: unwiderstehlich
- Polish: nieodparty
Extensive Definition
Irresistible may refer to:
In music:
- Irresistible
(album), a 2001 album by Jessica Simpson
- "Irresistible" (song), a single from the album
- Irresistible (Tammi Terrell album), a 1969 album by Tammi Terrell
- "Irresistible" (Mariah Carey song), a single by Mariah Carey from her 2002 album Charmbracelet
- Irresistible (Celia Cruz album), a 1995 album by Celia Cruz
In film and television:
- "Irresistible" (Stargate Atlantis), a 2006 episode of the American TV series Stargate Atlantis
- "Irresistible" (The X-Files), a 1995 episode of the American TV series The X-files
- Irresistible (film), a 2006 film starring Sam Neill and Susan Sarandon
See also
- Irresistible force (disambiguation)
- lookfrom Irresistible
- Unstoppable (disambiguation)
irresistible in French: Irresistible
irresistible in Portuguese: Irresistible
irresistible in Slovenian:
Irresistible
Synonyms, Antonyms and Related Words
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