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# irresistible

«irresistible» in Mova's school dictionary: **So charming or tempting that you cannot say no or hold…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adjective (more irresistible, most irresistible)

### meaning for a pupil

1) So charming or tempting that you cannot say no or hold back: an irresistible smell of cake. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irresistible/#m1)

2) Very hard to stop yourself wanting or doing. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irresistible/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

in the tales a person or thing so attractive that no one can refuse it, or a sudden strong urge to act

### examples

- She had an irresistible smile. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irresistible/#x1)
- The cake smelt irresistible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irresistible/#x2)
- I felt an irresistible urge to laugh. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irresistible/#x3)
- The puppy's big eyes were irresistible. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irresistible/#x4)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «irresistible» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/I/irresistible/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.