irresistible

adjective

ir·​re·​sist·​ible ˌir-i-ˈzi-stə-bəl 

variants or less commonly irresistable

: impossible to resist

an irresistible attraction

irresistibility noun

or less commonly irresistability

ˌir-i-ˌzi-stə-ˈbi-lə-tē 

irresistibleness noun

or less commonly irresistableness

ˌir-i-ˈzi-stə-bəl-nəs 

irresistibly adverb

or less commonly irresistably

ˌir-i-ˈzi-stə-blē 

Examples of irresistible in a Sentence

The force of the waves was irresistible.

Recent Examples on the Web

The Basket This utterly irresistible addition to the Loewe oeuvre debuted at the spring 2017 womenswear show, and the world hasn’t been the same since. —Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 6 Jan. 2025

Authors identify the most irresistible tropes and reproduce them as efficiently as possible. —Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 6 Jan. 2025

Sorry about anything that might stir up, but the point was too irresistible to leave alone for a few reasons. —Vahe Gregorian, Kansas City Star, 3 Jan. 2025

Taking out Flix’s largest competitor in the U.S., which was around half the size of its own business, was irresistible. —Iain Martin, Forbes, 2 Jan. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1597, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

irresistible

adjective

ir·​re·​sist·​ible ˌir-i-ˈzis-tə-bəl 

: impossible to resist

an irresistible attraction

irresistibility

-ˌzis-tə-ˈbil-ət-ē 

adjective

irresistibly

-ˈzis-tə-blē 

adverb