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irrepressible
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ir·re·press·i·ble  (r-prs-bl)
adj.
Difficult or impossible to control or restrain: irrepressible laughter.

irre·pressi·bili·ty, irre·pressi·ble·ness n.
irre·pressi·bly adv.

irrepressible [ˌɪrɪˈprɛsəbəl]
adj
not capable of being repressed, controlled, or restrained
irrepressibility , irrepressibleness n
irrepressibly  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.irrepressibleirrepressible - impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
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.
Translations
irrepressible [ˌɪrɪˈpresəbl] ADJ [person] → irrefrenable; [high spirits, laughter, urge] → incontenible, irreprimible

irrepressible [ˌɪrɪˈprɛsɪbəl] adj [mirth, exuberance] → irrépressible

irrepressible
adj urge, curiosity, energy, spiritunbezähmbar; optimism, sense of humourunerschütterlich, unverwüstlich; personnicht kleinzukriegen; childsonnig; delightunbändig; his irrepressible high spiritssein sonniges Gemüt; the irrepressible SusanSusan, die sich nicht unterkriegen lässt

irrepressible [ˌɪrɪˈprɛsəbl] adjirrefrenabile
irrepressible [ˌɪrɪˈprɛsəbl] adjirrefrenabile

irrepressible
adj irrepressible [iriˈpresəbl]
not able to be subdued; very cheerful. onbedwingbaar لا يُمْكِن قَهْرُه неусмирим nepotlačitelný ukuelig unbändig ασυγκράτητος incontenible alistamatu مهار ناپذیر lannistumaton irrésistible לא נִיתָן לְרִיסוּן अदमनीय neukrotiv elfojthatatlan sangat gembira sem ekkert fær haldið niðri irrefrenabile, esuberante 抑えきれない 억제할 수 없는 nesuvaldomas nevaldāms periang onbedwingbaar overstadig, ukuelig niepohamowany irreprimível irezistibil неугомонный nepotlačiteľný; neskrotný neukrotljiv neukrotiv okuvlig, uppsluppen ไม่สามารถควบคุมไว้ได้ bastırılamaz 壓抑不住的 невгамовний, завзятий جسے دبانا ممکن نہ ہو không thể kìm nén được


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