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Antonyms for irresistible


Grammar : Adj
Spell : ir-i-zis-tuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˌɪr ɪˈzɪs tə bəl



Definition of irresistible

Origin :
  • 1590s, from Late Latin irresistibilis, from assimilated form of in- "not, opposite of" (see in- (1)) + resistere (see resist). Related: Irresistibly; irresistibility.
  • adj compelling; inescapable
Example sentences :
  • It swept him away; this revival of passion was irresistible.
  • Extract from : « Malbone » by Thomas Wentworth Higginson
  • And when he spoke she understood why he had been irresistible to Priscilla.
  • Extract from : « Life and Death of Harriett Frean » by May Sinclair
  • Her plea was modest, but so expressed as to be irresistible.
  • Extract from : « Female Scripture Biographies, Vol. II » by Francis Augustus Cox
  • Hers were the wild, generous, irresistible emotions of youth.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • All this day I have felt chained by an irresistible destiny to this house.
  • Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
  • As Hetty saw this procession, she was seized with an irresistible desire to join it.
  • Extract from : « Hetty's Strange History » by Anonymous
  • Her beam was irresistible, and they went to the large parlor.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • The charm of sensibility he had told me was to him irresistible.
  • Extract from : « Tales And Novels, Volume 8 (of 10) » by Maria Edgeworth
  • I love her with a more frantic and irresistible passion than ever.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin
  • By an irresistible impulse of goodness he withdrew the fatal draught.
  • Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

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