| irresistibility | (n) the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist, Syn. irresistibleness |
| irresistible | (adj) impossible to resist; overpowering, Syn. resistless, Ant. resistible, Example: irresistible (or resistless) impulses; what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object? |
| irresistible | (adj) overpoweringly attractive, Example: irresistible beauty |
| resistible | (adj) capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated, Ant. irresistible, Example: a resistible attack; such resistible temptations |
| compulsion | (n) an urge to do or say something that might be better left undone or unsaid, Syn. irresistible impulse, Example: he felt a compulsion to babble on about the accident |
| overwhelmingly | (adv) incapable of being resisted, Syn. overpoweringly, irresistibly, Example: the candy looked overwhelmingly desirable to the dieting man |
| Irresistibility | n. [ Cf. F. irrésistibilité. ] The quality or state of being irresistible, irresistibleness. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Irresistible | a. [ Pref. ir- not + resistible: cf. F. irrésistible. ] That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible attraction. [ 1913 Webster ] An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek happiness. J. M. Mason. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Irresistibleness | n. Quality of being irresistible. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Irresistibly | adv. In an irresistible manner. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Resistibility | n.. 1. The quality of being resistible; resistibleness. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The quality of being resistant; resitstance. [ 1913 Webster ] The name “body” being the complex idea of extension and resistibility together in the same subject. Locke. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Resistible | a. [ Cf. F. résistible. ] Capable of being resisted; as, a resistible force. Sir M. Hale. -- Re*sist"i*ble*ness, n. -- Re*sist"i*bly, adv. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Unresistible | a. Irresistible. W. Temple. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 遏止 | [è zhǐ, ㄜˋ ㄓˇ, 遏 止] to hold back; to check (i.e. to stop sb's advance); to resist; esp. with negative, irresistible, unstoppable etc #27,276 [Add to Longdo] |
| 势不可当 | [shì bù kě dāng, ㄕˋ ㄅㄨˋ ㄎㄜˇ ㄉㄤ, 势 不 可 当 / 勢 不 可 當] impossible to resist (成语 saw); an irresistible force #88,234 [Add to Longdo] |
| 破竹之势 | [pò zhú zhī shì, ㄆㄛˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄓ ㄕˋ, 破 竹 之 势 / 破 竹 之 勢] lit. a force to smash bamboo (成语 saw); fig. irresistible force #175,472 [Add to Longdo] |
| 不能抵抗 | [bù néng dǐ kàng, ㄅㄨˋ ㄋㄥˊ ㄉㄧˇ ㄎㄤˋ, 不 能 抵 抗] irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 破竹建瓴 | [pò zhú jiàn líng, ㄆㄛˋ ㄓㄨˊ ㄐㄧㄢˋ ㄌㄧㄥˊ, 破 竹 建 瓴] lit. smash bamboo, overturn water tank (成语 saw); fig. irresistible force [Add to Longdo] |
| 一堪りも無く;一堪りもなく | [ひとたまりもなく, hitotamarimonaku] (adv) easily; irresistibly; helplessly [Add to Longdo] |
| 堪えられない | [こたえられない, kotaerarenai] (exp) really good; irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 堪ったものではない | [たまったものではない, tamattamonodehanai] (exp) (1) (uk) (emphatic form of 堪らない) (See 堪らない・たまらない・1) intolerable; unbearable; unendurable; (2) (uk) (See 堪らない・たまらない・2) cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; (3) (uk) (See 堪らない・たまらない・3) tremendous; out of this world; irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 堪らない | [たまらない, tamaranai] (exp, adj-i) (1) intolerable; unbearable; unendurable; (2) cannot help (doing); cannot but do; anxious to do; (3) tremendous; out of this world; irresistible; (P) [Add to Longdo] |
| 群々;叢々;群群;叢叢 | [むらむら;ムラムラ, muramura ; muramura] (adv, adv-to) (1) (uk) (on-mim) irresistibly; suddenly; (vs) (2) (col) to be turned on; to be horny [Add to Longdo] |
| 止み難い | [やみがたい, yamigatai] (adj-i) irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 止むに止まれず;已むに已まれず | [やむにやまれず, yamuniyamarezu] (exp) (See 止むに止まれない, 止むに止まれぬ) without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 止むに止まれない;已むに已まれない | [やむにやまれない, yamuniyamarenai] (exp) (See 止むに止まれず, 止むに止まれぬ) without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 止むに止まれぬ;已むに已まれぬ | [やむにやまれぬ, yamuniyamarenu] (exp) (See 止むに止まれず, 止むに止まれない) without being able to help oneself; against one's will; compelling; pressing; irresistible [Add to Longdo] |
| 獅子奮迅 | [ししふんじん, shishifunjin] (n, adj-no, n-adv, vs) being irresistible; being furiously vigorous; being intensely forceful [Add to Longdo] |
| 獅子奮迅の勢い | [ししふんじんのいきおい, shishifunjinnoikioi] (n) irresistible force [Add to Longdo] |
| 不可抗力 | [ふかこうりょく, fukakouryoku] (n, adj-no) act of God; irresistible force; inevitability; force majeure (in contracts) [Add to Longdo] |
| 鬱勃 | [うつぼつ, utsubotsu] (adj-na, n, adj-t) irresistible force or movement [Add to Longdo] |
