resistible

re·sist·i·ble

(rĭ-zĭs′tə-bəl)

adj.

Possible to resist: resistible impulses.

re·sist′i·bil′i·ty n.

re·sist′i·bly adv.

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re•sist•i•ble

(rɪˈzɪs tə bəl)

adj.

able to be resisted.

[1635–45]

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Adj.

resistible - capable of being resisted or withstood or frustrated; "a resistible attack"; "such resistible temptations"

irresistible, resistless - impossible to resist; overpowering; "irresistible (or resistless) impulses"; "what happens when an irresistible force meets an immovable object?"

Translations

résistible

ellenállhatóleküzdhető

resistible

[rɪˈzɪstɪbl] ADJ → resistible

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