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English Dictionary: irresistible by the DICT Development Group
2 results for irresistible
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
irresistible
adj
  1. impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"
    Synonym(s): irresistible, resistless
    Antonym(s): resistible
  2. overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Irresistible \Ir`re*sist"i*ble\, a. [Pref. ir- not + resistible:
      cf. F. irr[82]sistible.]
      That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to
      opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible
      attraction.
  
               An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek
               happiness.                                             --J. M. Mason.
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