Meanings
- uncountableThe quality of being irresistible.
If he could get our point of view and let some woman take a hand at him, she might efface his irresistibleness and make a man of him.
1897, Lilian Bell, From a Girl's Point of View1 more example
Once Rome, fully conscious of the irresistibleness of her power by land, had transferred her superiority also to the other element; now the mighty state was powerless at sea and, as it seemed, on the point of also losing its dominion at least over the Asiatic continent.
1854, Theodor Mommsen, The History of Rome, Book V
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
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irresistibleness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/irresistibleness
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