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resistible

[ ri-zis-tuh-buhl ]

adjective

  1. that can be resisted.


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Other Words From

  • re·sisti·bili·ty re·sisti·ble·ness noun
  • re·sisti·bly adverb
  • inter·re·sisti·bili·ty noun
  • nonre·sisti·bili·ty noun
  • nonre·sisti·ble adjective
  • unre·sisti·ble adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of resistible1

First recorded in 1635–45; resist + -ible

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Example Sentences

The hindsight of history will make even W's memoir less resistible.

Had he calculated in his own subtle brain that temptations are least resistible when they are most tangible?

The latter is chiefly used for furniture, as it is the most resistible wood of the West.

As to your Life Force, which you think irresistible, it is the most resistible thing in the world for a person of any character.

But this formidable assailant is less resistible when he attacks the probability of the action and the reasonableness of the plan.

Then a day came when the desire to be off was no longer resistible.

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