Irrepressible
[ɪrɪ'presɪb(ə)l] or [,ɪrɪ'prɛsəbl]
Definition
(adj.) impossible to repress or control; 'an irrepressible chatterbox'; 'uncontrollable laughter' .
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Definition
(a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Uncontrollable, insuppressible, not to be repressed.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Unrepressible, ungovernable, uncontrollable, insuppressible, free, unconfined,excitable
ANT:Repressible, governable, controllable, calm, bound_down
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Definition
adj. not to be restrained.—adv. Irrepress′ibly.
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Examples
- Justinian, said Maurice, with irrepressible curiosity, who are you? Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Instead of which, that undignified creature answered, with an irrepressible sob, Because you are going away. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- In this sort of activity he had a spontaneous and irrepressible delight. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Halls of slavery, Ma, is mere stuff and nonsense,' returned the unmoved Irrepressible. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- They represent man’s attack upon the obstacles presented by nature to his irrepressible spirit of progress. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- But, her courage was of that emotional nature that it brought the irrepressible tears into her eyes. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- The Irrepressible, with a bounce in the bed, and a remark that it wasn't time to get up yet, relapsed into unconsciousness, if she had come out of it. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The old man uttered an irrepressible cry. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then he said, as if in a burst of irrepressible despair, 'I--I leave it all incomplete! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The irrepressible Lavvy remarked aloud, 'Whatever grandpapa was, he wasn't a female. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- I didn't say that I ever felt timid, Bella,' replied the Irrepressible. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He found Holmes leaning languidly against the mantelpiece, resigned and patient, endeavouring to conceal his irrepressible yawns. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
- Posted at Greenwich, and dated this morning,' said the Irrepressible, flouncing at her father in handing him the evidence. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- His was an involuntary confidence, an irrepressible effusion to a soothing friendnot an application to a parent. Jane Austen. Sense and Sensibility.
- Re-entering the family-room in a meditative state, Miss Bella was received by the irrepressible Lavinia with: 'There, Bella! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- But, here the Irrepressible skirmished into the conflict, dragging the reluctant form of Mr Sampson after her. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The Irrepressible lowered her eyes to Bella's dress, and stooped to look at it, exclaiming again: 'Why, Bella! Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- Bulstrode reddened with irrepressible anger. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- If a man has a capacity for great thoughts, he is likely to overtake them before he is decrepit, said Will, with irrepressible quickness. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- And so, indeed, it proved, for the Irrepressible gradually coming to herself; and asking with wild emotion, 'George dear, are you safe? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
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