irresistibility

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ir·re·sis·ti·ble

(ĭr′ĭ-zĭs′tə-bəl)

adj.

1. Impossible to resist: an irresistible impulse to sneeze.

2. Having an overpowering appeal: irresistible beauty.

3. Usage Problem Inevitable or inexorable.

ir′re·sis′ti·bil′i·ty, ir′re·sis′ti·ble·ness n.

ir′re·sis′ti·bly adv.

Usage Note: The word irresistible is sometimes used to mean "bound to happen, unstoppable, inevitable." A majority of the Usage Panel objects to this usage. In our 2006 survey, some 65 percent rejected the sentence The rise of liberal blogs was irresistible, given the broader climate of political debate.

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Noun

irresistibility - the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist

irresistibleness

power, powerfulness - possession of controlling influence; "the deterrent power of nuclear weapons"; "the power of his love saved her"; "his powerfulness was concealed by a gentle facade"

Translations

عَدَم القُدْرَه على مُقاوَمَتِهِ

neodolatelnost

uimodståelighed

Unwiderstehlichkeit

ellenállhatatlanság

ómótstæîileiki

uimotståelighet

neodolateľnosť

karşı konulamazlık

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irresistible

(iriˈzistəbl) adjective

too strong, delightful, tempting etc to be resisted. He had an irresistible desire to hit her.

ˌirreˈsistibly adverb

ˈirreˌsistiˈbility noun

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my dream of universal irresistibility was but short-lived, for next afternoon, as William and I sat out at some cafe together, I found myself the object of chaff.

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Justice Brennan's clerks marveled at his intellect, quickness, warmth, and irresistibility. (44) Though Audre Lorde warned that "the master's tools will never dismantle the master's house," (45) Brennan used the tools of his trade to do just that.