irresistible

See also: irrésistible

English

Alternative forms

• irresistable (dated)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɪɹ.ɪˈzɪs.tə.bəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

irresistible (comparative more irresistible, superlative most irresistible)

1. Impossible to resist.
   • 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.

Derived terms

• irresistibility
• irresistible grace
• irresistibleness
• irresistibly

Translations

not able to be resisted

• Arabic: please add this translation if you can
• Asturian: irresistible
• Bulgarian: неотразим (bg) (neotrazim), неудържим (bg) (neudǎržim)
• Catalan: irresistible
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 不可抗拒 (zh) (bùkěkàngjù)

• Czech: neodolatelný (cs) m
• Dutch: onweerstaanbaar (nl)
• Esperanto: nerezistebla
• Finnish: vastustamaton
• French: irrésistible (fr)
• Galician: irresistible (gl), irresistíbel (gl)
• German: unwiderstehlich (de)
• Greek: ακαταμάχητος (el) (akatamáchitos)

  Ancient: ἀνυπόστατος (anupóstatos)

• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: ellenállhatatlan (hu)
• Italian: irresistibile (it)
• Japanese: 逆らえない (sakaraenai), 抗えない (aragaenai)
• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: neuhassooagh-noi
• Maori: mōtohe
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: uimotståelig

  Nynorsk: uimotståeleg

• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: nieodparty (pl) m
• Portuguese: irresistível (pt)
• Romanian: irezistibil (ro) m or n
• Russian: неотрази́мый (ru) (neotrazímyj)
• Spanish: irresistible
• Swedish: oemotståndlig (sv)
• Vietnamese: không thể cưỡng lại

Asturian

Adjective

irresistible (epicene, plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Catalan

Etymology

From ir- +‎ resistible.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

irresistible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblement

Galician

Alternative forms

• irresistíbel

Adjective

irresistible m or f (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonyms: resistible, resistíbel

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Spanish

Etymology

From ir- +‎ resistible.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

irresistible m or f (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Further reading

• “irresistible”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10