Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Possible to resist.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being resisted: as, a resistible force.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being resisted.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective able to be
resisted
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated
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Examples
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But if you're an investor in California tax-free bonds, you know firsthand just how resistible that deal can be.
California municipal bonds offer investors a rich, if risky, opportunity Kathy M. Kristof 2011
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There might be huge gaps in my memory but I had a mirror and absolutely no delusions about my totally resistible charms.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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This film brings us the resistible pairing of Mickey Rourke and Megan Fox.
'Thor': A Vehicle of Low Norsepower Joe Morgenstern 2011
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It's a question I asked myself as I organized Part 3 of the Art of the Left Timeline and found myself drawn in by irresistible graphic art and romantically alluring tropes of revolution waged for the alleged good of humanity--only to come face to face with wholly resistible--as in unsavory, unscrupulous, and unrestrained--paramilitary organizations posing as liberators of the people.
G. Roger Denson: You Say You Want a Revolution. Well You Know, Art Can Cure You of That G. Roger Denson 2011
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There might be huge gaps in my memory but I had a mirror and absolutely no delusions about my totally resistible charms.
Raziel Kristine Douglas 2011
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"Put everything on red," he said, handing over a stack of 100-dollar chips, while for some strange reason he was still instantly resistible to the crowd of well-stacked women.
Film-themed holidays: The Bond extravaganza John Crace 2010
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In modern society, a hefty apparatus of law and order ensures that this temptation to cheat will remain, in general, resistible.
SuperCooperators Martin A. Nowak 2011
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It's a question I asked myself as I organized Part 3 of the Art of the Left Timeline and found myself drawn in by irresistible graphic art and romantically alluring tropes of revolution waged for the alleged good of humanity--only to come face to face with wholly resistible--as in unsavory, unscrupulous, and unrestrained--paramilitary organizations posing as liberators of the people.
G. Roger Denson: You Say You Want a Revolution. Well You Know, Art Can Cure You of That G. Roger Denson 2011
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Why does soccer remain a global best-seller that America -- a nation so addicted to consumerism that our economy is nearly dying of it -- finds utterly resistible?
For the World Cup to win over Americans, soccer shouldn't hide its ugly side 2010
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A few potential candidates have been approached but have apparently found the job resistible.
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