irresistible
adjective
ir·re·sist·ible
ˌir-i-ˈzi-stə-bəl 
variants
or less commonly irresistable
: impossible to resist
an irresistible attraction
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Faith Karimi, CNN Money, 11 Sep. 2025
In our first-ever audience-chosen musical screening, a young bride invites the three men who may potentially be her father to her Greek wedding, all set to the irresistible music of ABBA.
—Glenn Garner, Deadline, 10 Sep. 2025
Hans El Oso adds a haunting quality to this irresistible duet that’s going to turn up the heat on Estevie’s career.
—Lucas Villa, Rolling Stone, 10 Sep. 2025
For Glessner Lee, the puzzle of untangling the truth about violent deaths proved irresistible.
—Katie Hafner, Scientific American, 10 Sep. 2025
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irresistible
adjective
ir·re·sist·ible
ˌir-i-ˈzis-tə-bəl
: impossible to resist
an irresistible attraction
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