irresistible

• irresistable (dated)

Borrowed from Medieval Latin irresistibilis, equivalent to ir- +‎ resistible.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/

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irresistible (comparative more irresistible, superlative most irresistible)

1. Impossible to resist.
   • 1963, Hannah Arendt, On Revolution, page 103:

     Where the breakdown of traditional authority set the poor of the earth on the march, where they left the obscurity of their misfortunes and streamed upon the market-place, their furor seemed as irresistible as the motion of the stars, a torrent rushing forward with elemental force and engulfing a whole world.

   • 2013 September 14, Jane Shilling, “The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Review)‎^[1], page R29:

     Though his account of written communication over the past 5,000 years necessarily has a powerful forward momentum, his diversions down the fascinating byways of the subject are irresistible ...

2. Compellingly attractive.

irresistible (epicene, plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

• “irresistible”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1ª edición, Academia de la Llingua Asturiana, 2000, →ISBN

From ir- +‎ resistible.

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [i.rə.zisˈtib.blə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [i.re.zisˈti.ble]

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irresistible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

• irresistiblement

• “irresistible”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “irresistible”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “irresistible” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “irresistible” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

• irresistíbel
• irresistível (reintegrationist)

irresistible m or f (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonyms: resistible, resistíbel

• irresistiblemente

• “irresistible”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

From ir- +‎ resistible.

• IPA^(key): /iresisˈtible/ [i.re.sisˈt̪i.β̞le]
• Rhymes: -ible
• Syllabification: i‧rre‧sis‧ti‧ble

irresistible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

• “irresistible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025