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irresistibility

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The quality of being irresistible.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: resistibility

2

noun

Meaning 2

the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: irresistibleness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: power, powerfulness

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Italic *n̥- Latin in- Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- Proto-Indo-European *steh2- Proto-Indo-European *stísteh2ti Proto-Italic *sistō Latin sistō Latin resisto Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dhlom Proto-Indo-European *-dhlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin irresistibilis Proto-Indo-European *-teh2 Proto-Indo-European *-ts Proto-Indo-European *-teh2ts Proto-Italic *-tāts Latin -tās Latin irresistibilitāsder. English irresistibility Derived from Latin irresistibilitās. By surface analysis, irresistible + -ity.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: неотразимост (neotrazimost) — quality of being irresistible
  • Bulgarian: неудържимост (neudǎržimost) — quality of being irresistible
  • Catalan: irresistibilitat — quality of being irresistible
  • Chinese Mandarin: 不能抵抗 (bùnéng dǐkàng) — quality of being irresistible
  • Czech: neodolatelnost — quality of being irresistible
  • Danish: uimodståelighed — quality of being irresistible
  • Dutch: onweerstaanbaarheid — quality of being irresistible
  • Finnish: vastustamattomuus — quality of being irresistible
  • French: irrésistibilité — quality of being irresistible
  • German: Unwiderstehlichkeit — quality of being irresistible
  • Hungarian: ellenállhatatlanság — quality of being irresistible
  • Ido: nerezistebleso — quality of being irresistible
  • Italian: irresistibilità — quality of being irresistible
  • Latin: irresistibilitās — quality of being irresistible
  • Polish: nieodparcie — quality of being irresistible
  • Polish: nieodpartość — quality of being irresistible
  • Portuguese: irresistibilidade — quality of being irresistible
  • Romanian: irezistibilitate — quality of being irresistible
  • Russian: неотрази́мость (neotrazímostʹ) — quality of being irresistible
  • Spanish: irresistibilidad — quality of being irresistible
  • Telugu: అనివార్యత్వము (anivāryatvamu) — quality of being irresistible