different between appealing vs irresistible

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??pi?.l??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??pi.?l.??/, /??pi.l??/
• Rhymes: -i?l??

Adjective

appealing (comparative more appealing, superlative most appealing)

1. Having appeal; attractive.

Derived terms

• appealingly

Translations

Verb

appealing

1. present participle of appeal

Noun

appealing (plural appealings)

1. The act of making an appeal.

Anagrams

• lagniappe, panplegia

English

Alternative forms

• irresistable (dated)

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?????z?st?bl?/

Adjective

irresistible (comparative more irresistible, superlative most irresistible)

1. Impossile to resist.
2. Compellingly attractive.

Derived terms

• irresistibility
• irresistibleness
• irresistibly

Translations

Asturian

Adjective

irresistible (epicene, plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Catalan

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central) IPA^(key): /i.r?.zis?ti.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /i.re.zis?ti.ble/

Adjective

irresistible (masculine and feminine plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblement

Galician

Alternative forms

• irresistíbel

Adjective

irresistible m or f (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

Antonyms

• resistible, resistíbel

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Spanish

Etymology

ir- +? resistible

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /iresis?tible/, [i.re.sis?t?i.??le]

Adjective

irresistible (plural irresistibles)

1. irresistible

   Antonym: resistible

Derived terms

• irresistiblemente

Further reading

• “irresistible” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.