different between thrilling vs irresistible

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????l??/
• Rhymes: -?l??

Verb

thrilling

1. present participle of thrill

Adjective

thrilling (comparative more thrilling, superlative most thrilling)

1. Causing a feeling of sudden excitement.

Synonyms

• See also Thesaurus:exciting

Noun

thrilling (plural thrillings)

1. A thrill.
   • 1912, William Hope Hodgson, The Night Land

     […] my heart told me that she did all be stirred with small thrillings of defiance unto me, and with thrillings of love […]

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English thrilling.

Adjective

thrilling (invariable)

1. thrilling
2. (relational) thriller

Noun

thrilling m (invariable)

1. thriller (film, book etc)
2. thrill

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.