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IRRESISTIBLENESS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does irresistibleness mean? 

IRRESISTIBLENESS (noun)
  The noun IRRESISTIBLENESS has 1 sense:

1. the quality of being overpowering and impossible to resistplay

  Familiarity information: IRRESISTIBLENESS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


IRRESISTIBLENESS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

The quality of being overpowering and impossible to resist

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

irresistibility; irresistibleness

Hypernyms ("irresistibleness" is a kind of...):

power; powerfulness (possession of controlling influence)

Derivation:

irresistible (overpoweringly attractive)

irresistible (impossible to resist; overpowering)


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