adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
an irresistible/uncontrollable/overwhelming urge (= very strong )
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I was overcome by an irresistible urge to laugh.
irresistible (= very strong )
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I felt an irresistible impulse to giggle.
irresistible (= that cannot be stopped )
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The social changes began to gather irresistible momentum.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADVERB
almost
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I had an almost irresistible impulse to giggle.
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The growth in road transport presents government with dilemmas and almost irresistible temptations.
■ NOUN
force
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Current philosophy of science largely remains hostile to the idea that iron laws and irresistible forces are at work.
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He was obsessed by the Niagara Riverdrawn to it as if by an irresistible force .
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Its irresistible force was pushing everything before it.
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Having proved myself incapable of holding back an irresistible force , I now know exactly how Canute felt.
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In the end the immovable object vanquished the irresistible force .
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Immediately the sonorous booming of the sea flowed into and took possession of the room like a vibrating and irresistible force .
urge
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As soon as they sit down and relax again, this irresistible urge returns.
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By concentrating only on the sound, I lost the irresistible urge to hit the ball hard.
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Or perhaps they felt an irresistible urge to act as Guardians of Truth.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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High interest rates have made these saving plans irresistible to small investors.
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the irresistible aroma of fresh bread
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The table was covered with irresistible chocolate desserts of all descriptions.
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To my parents, the pull of this beautiful country town must have seemed irresistible .
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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And today it takes on much more irresistible allure.
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By concentrating only on the sound, I lost the irresistible urge to hit the ball hard.
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Current philosophy of science largely remains hostile to the idea that iron laws and irresistible forces are at work.
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Felicitys were not supposed to be irresistible to men.
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Gardeners who find everything at the nursery irresistible can end up with a hodgepodge, rather than a pleasing overall effect.
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Sharing a club chair with Elliot, six-month-old Gabe keeps turning his irresistible gummy smiles on me.
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The cuckoo's cavernous red gape may be irresistible to the overworked foster parents.
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This was an irrational longing too, but after a while it became irresistible .