Synonyms for irrepressible
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Uncontrollable
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not containable or controllable.
Example sentences
- uncontrolled Americans appear unsettled and uncontrolled to Japanese.
- uncontrollable I am seized by an uncontrollable wave of sadness.
- ungovernable This is Morocco's untamable and ungovernable frontier.
- indomitable One village of indomitable Gauls still resists the invaders.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| irrepressible | rising | |
| uncontrolled | steady | |
| uncontrollable | rising | |
| ungovernable | rising | |
| indomitable | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 6 letters
- wanton2
- 9 letters
- rantipole
- 11 letters
- indomitable5
- 12 letters
- uncontrolled3, ungovernable5, irrepressive
- 13 letters
- unrepressible
- 14 letters
- uncontrollable5, insuppressible, unrestrainable
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (wanton2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- irrépressible