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irresistible
(encz) | irresistible,neodolatelný Jaroslav Šedivý |
irresistible
(encz) | irresistible,nepřekonatelný Jaroslav Šedivý |
Irresistible
(gcide) | Irresistible \Ir`re*sist"i*ble\, a. [Pref. ir- not + resistible:
cf. F. irr['e]sistible.]
That can not be successfully resisted or opposed; superior to
opposition; resistless; overpowering; as, an irresistible
attraction.
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An irresistible law of our nature impels us to seek
happiness. --J. M. Mason.
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irresistible
(wn) | irresistible
adj 1: impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or
resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible
force meets an immovable object?" [syn: irresistible,
resistless] [ant: resistible]
2: overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty" |
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irresistible
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irresistible impulse
(encz) | irresistible impulse, n: |
irresistibleness
(encz) | irresistibleness, n: |
Irresistibleness
(gcide) | Irresistibleness \Ir`re*sist"i*ble*ness\, n.
Quality of being irresistible.
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irresistible
(wn) | irresistible
adj 1: impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or
resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible
force meets an immovable object?" [syn: irresistible,
resistless] [ant: resistible]
2: overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty" |
irresistible impulse
(wn) | irresistible impulse
n 1: an urge to do or say something that might be better left
undone or unsaid; "he felt a compulsion to babble on about
the accident" [syn: compulsion, irresistible impulse] |
irresistibleness
(wn) | irresistibleness
n 1: the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist
[syn: irresistibility, irresistibleness] |
IRRESISTIBLE FORC
(bouvier) | IRRESISTIBLE FORCE. This term is applied to such an interposition of human
agency, as is, from its nature and power, absolutely uncontrollable; as the
inroads of a hostile army. Story on Bailm. Sec. 25; Lois des Batim. pt. 2.
c. 2, Sec. 1. It differs from inevitable accident; (q. v.) the latter being
the effect of physical causes, as, lightning, storms, and the like.
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