irrepressible

ir·re·press·i·ble

(ĭr′ĭ-prĕs′ə-bəl)

adj.

Difficult or impossible to control or restrain: irrepressible laughter.

ir′re·press′i·bil′i·ty, ir′re·press′i·ble·ness n.

ir′re·press′i·bly adv.

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irrepressible

(ˌɪrɪˈprɛsəbəl)

adj

not capable of being repressed, controlled, or restrained

ˌirreˌpressiˈbility, ˌirreˈpressibleness n

ˌirreˈpressibly adv

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ir•re•press•i•ble

(ˌɪr ɪˈprɛs ə bəl)

adj.

incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable: irrepressible laughter.

[1805–15]

ir`re•press`i•bil′i•ty, ir`re•press′i•ble•ness, n.

ir`re•press′i•bly, adv.

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Adj.

irrepressible - impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

uncontrollable

uncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"

irrepressible

adjective unstoppable, buoyant, uncontrollable, boisterous, ebullient, effervescent, unmanageable, unquenchable, bubbling over, uncontainable, unrestrainable, insuppressible His exuberance was irrepressible.

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Translations

لا يُمْكِن قَهْرُه

nepotlačitelný

ukuelig

unbändig

irrésistible

elfojthatatlan

sem ekkert fær haldiî niîri

irrefrenabile

nevaldāms

overstadig ukuelig

nepotlačiteľnýneskrotný

bastırılamaz

压抑不住的

irrepressible

[ˌɪrɪˈpresəbl] ADJ [person] → irrefrenable; [high spirits, laughter, urge] → incontenible, irreprimible

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

irrepressible

[ˌɪrɪˈprɛsɪb^əl] adj [mirth, exuberance] → irrépressible

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irrepressible

adj urge, curiosity, energy, spirit → unbezähmbar; optimism, sense of humour → unerschütterlich, unverwüstlich; person → nicht kleinzukriegen; child → sonnig; delight → unbändig; his irrepressible high spirits → sein sonniges Gemüt; the irrepressible Susan → Susan, die sich nicht unterkriegen lässt

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

irrepressible

[ˌɪrɪˈprɛsəbl] adj → irrefrenabile

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

irrepressible

(iriˈpresəbl) adjective

not able to be subdued; very cheerful.

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cried the irrepressible woman, calling me by my name, as usual; "nothing like so near as you think!"

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As they were entering it, the wicked one, who is the author of all mischief, and the boys who are wickeder than the wicked one, contrived that a couple of these audacious irrepressible urchins should force their way through the crowd, and lifting up, one of them Dapple's tail and the other Rocinante's, insert a bunch of furze under each.

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The Irrepressible lowered her eyes to Bella's dress, and stooped to look at it, exclaiming again: 'Why, Bella!'

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By a judicious use of this Law of Nature, the Polygons and Circles are almost always able to stifle sedition in its very cradle, taking advantage of the irrepressible and boundless hopefulness of the human mind.

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It was only his apprenticed boys whose irrepressible spirits were not affected by the solemn and respectable mediocrity of that artist.

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Tulliver who had hastened this catastrophe, entirely through that irrepressible hopefulness of hers which led her to expect that similar causes may at any time produce different results.

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There seemed nothing humorous about this reply, which was merely the statement of a fact, but an irrepressible titter ran through the school.

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She had started with an irrepressible shudder, as if the stroke of the bell had fallen directly on her heart; then, recovering herself, while her attendants were yet in dismay, she took the lead, and paced calmly up the aisle.

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"Don't return to tha t!" she cried, with an irrepressible outbreak of disgust.

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His was an involuntary confidence, an irrepressible effusion to a soothing friend--not an application to a parent.

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The little multitude await the word of dismissal with almost irrepressible impatience.

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I fancied myself at Berlin, Unter den Linden, and I reflected that, having taken the serious step of visiting the head-quarters of the Gallic genius, I should try and project myself; as much as possible, into the circumstances which are in part the consequence and in part the cause of its irrepressible activity.