Associations to the word «Irresistible»

Wiktionary

IRRESISTIBLE, adjective. Not able to be resisted.
IRRESISTIBLE GRACE, noun. (theology) A Christian doctrine, one of the five points of Calvinism, stating that the salvific benefit Jesus Christ's substitutionary atonement on the cross is extended to those predestined unto salvation, without any possibility of Satan or sin to successfully defeat God's election.

Dictionary definition

IRRESISTIBLE, adjective. Impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?".
IRRESISTIBLE, adjective. Overpoweringly attractive; "irresistible beauty".

Wise words

A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged; it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.