irresistible
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/ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/
Definition of irresistible
2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included
adj
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Impossible to resist.
“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.”
“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: at what point did handwriting begin to express individual personality?”
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adj
-
Impossible to resist.
“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.”
“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: at what point did handwriting begin to express individual personality?”
- Compellingly attractive.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin irresistibilis, equivalent to ir- + resistible.
Words you can make from irresistible
200+ playable · top: RESISTIBLE (12 pts)
Best play resistible 12 points10-letter words
1 word9-letter words
4 words8-letter words
10 words7-letter words
42 words- BELIERS 9 pts
- BELTERS 9 pts
- BERRIES 9 pts
- BESTIES 9 pts
- BESTIRS 9 pts
- BETISES 9 pts
- BIRLERS 9 pts
- BISTERS 9 pts
- BISTRES 9 pts
- BITSIER 9 pts
- BLESSER 9 pts
- BLISTER 9 pts
- BRISTLE 9 pts
- RIBIERS 9 pts
- RIBLESS 9 pts
- RIBLETS 9 pts
- RISIBLE 9 pts
- TREBLES 9 pts
- ETRIERS 7 pts
- ILEITIS 7 pts
- IRELESS 7 pts
- LEISTER 7 pts
- LISTEES 7 pts
- LISTERS 7 pts
- RELIERS 7 pts
- RELISTS 7 pts
- RERISES 7 pts
- RESILES 7 pts
- RESITES 7 pts
- RESTERS 7 pts
- RETILES 7 pts
- RETIRES 7 pts
- RETRIES 7 pts
- SERRIES 7 pts
- SILTIER 7 pts
- SIRREES 7 pts
- STERILE 7 pts
- STREELS 7 pts
- TELESIS 7 pts
- TERRIES 7 pts
- TIELESS 7 pts
- TRESSEL 7 pts
6-letter words
70 words- BELIER 8 pts
- BELIES 8 pts
- BELTER 8 pts
- BERETS 8 pts
- BESETS 8 pts
- BESTIE 8 pts
- BESTIR 8 pts
- BETELS 8 pts
- BETISE 8 pts
- BIRLER 8 pts
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- LIBERS 8 pts
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- TREBLE 8 pts
- TRIBES 8 pts
- ELITES 6 pts
- ESTERS 6 pts
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- IRISES 6 pts
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- LISTEE 6 pts
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- RESITS 6 pts
- RESTER 6 pts
- RETIES 6 pts
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- RETIRE 6 pts
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- STERES 6 pts
- STILES 6 pts
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5-letter words
72 words- BEERS 7 pts
- BEETS 7 pts
- BELIE 7 pts
- BELTS 7 pts
- BERET 7 pts
- BESES 7 pts
- BESET 7 pts
- BESTS 7 pts
- BETEL 7 pts
- BIERS 7 pts
- BILES 7 pts
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- BISES 7 pts
- BITER 7 pts
- BITES 7 pts
- BLESS 7 pts
- BLEST 7 pts
- BLETS 7 pts
- BLISS 7 pts
- BLITE 7 pts
- BREES 7 pts
- BRIER 7 pts
- BRIES 7 pts
- BRISS 7 pts
- BRITS 7 pts
- LIBER 7 pts
- LIBRI 7 pts
- REBEL 7 pts
- RIBES 7 pts
- ELITE 5 pts
- ERSES 5 pts
- ESTER 5 pts
- ISLES 5 pts
- ISLET 5 pts
- ISSEI 5 pts
- ISTLE 5 pts
- LEERS 5 pts
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- LISTS 5 pts
- LITER 5 pts
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- LITRE 5 pts
- REELS 5 pts
- REEST 5 pts
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- RELIT 5 pts
- RESES 5 pts
- RESET 5 pts
- RESIT 5 pts
- RESTS 5 pts
- RETIE 5 pts
- RIELS 5 pts
- RILES 5 pts
- RISER 5 pts
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- RITES 5 pts
- SEELS 5 pts
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- SEISE 5 pts
- SERER 5 pts
- SERES 5 pts
- SILTS 5 pts
- SIREE 5 pts
- SIRES 5 pts
- SITES 5 pts
- SLEET 5 pts
- SLIER 5 pts
- SLITS 5 pts
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