Irresistible

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌɪɹɪˈzɪstÉ™blÌ©/

Origin

- + resistible

Full definition of irresistible

Adjective

1. Not able to be resisted.
• 14 September 2013, Jane Shilling, The Golden Thread: the Story of Writing, by Ewan Clayton, review [print edition: Illuminating language], 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 ...

Derived terms

• irresistibility