Hypertext Webster Gateway: "irresistible"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek
happiness. --J. M. Mason.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (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"
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