| Pronunciation: | | `unkun'trowlubul
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| Matching Terms: | | uncontrollably
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- [adj] impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
- [adj] not susceptible of improvement; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
- [adj] of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
- [adj] difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"
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| | Synonyms: | | incorrigible, indocile, intractable, irrepressible, uncontrolled, uncorrectable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Un`con*trol"la*ble\, a.
1. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible;
as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
2. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim;
an uncontrollable title. [R.] --Swift. --
{Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness}, n. -- {Un`con*trol"la*bly},
adv.
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