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uncontrollable [ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl] adj
incapable of being controlled or managed uncontrollability , uncontrollableness n uncontrollably adv ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
uncontrollable adjective 1. unmanageable, violent, strong, wild, mad, furious, frantic, irresistible, carried away, unruly, irrepressible, ungovernable, beside yourself, like one possessed When he lost his temper, he was uncontrollable. 2. violent, wild, unruly, unmanageable, ungovernable The situation could become uncontrollable. Translations uncontrollable [ˈʌnkənˈtrəʊləbl] ADJ 1. (= irrepressible) [rage, desire] → incontenible, incontrolable; [urge] → irrefrenable, incontenible; [laughter] → incontenible 2. (= involuntary) [movement, spasm] → incontrolable 3. (= unmanageable) [person, animal, situation] → incontrolable; [car, boat, aeroplane] → fuera de control uncontrollable [ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbəl] adj [emotion, urge, rage, laughter] → incontrôlable [child, dog] → incontrôlable [situation, events] → incontrôlable uncontrollable adj → unkontrollierbar; child → nicht zu bändigend attr, → nicht zu bändigen pred; car, boat, aeroplane, horse, dog → nicht unter Kontrolle zu bringend attr, → nicht unter Kontrolle zu bringen pred; rage, laughter, mirth → unbezähmbar; desire, urge → unbezwinglich, unwiderstehlich; (physical) → unkontrollierbar; twitch → unkontrolliert; the epidemic is now uncontrollable → die Epidemie ist nicht mehr unter Kontrolle zu bekommen; to become uncontrollable → außer Kontrolle geraten; to have an uncontrollable temper → unbeherrscht sein uncontrollable [ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbl] adj (desire, epidemic) → incontrollabile; (child) → indisciplinato/a; (laughter) → irrefrenabile; (temper, reaction) → incontrollato/a uncontrollable [ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləbl] adj (desire, epidemic) → incontrollabile; (child) → indisciplinato/a; (laughter) → irrefrenabile; (temper, reaction) → incontrollato/a How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Moved by an uncontrollable impulse, I sprang into a side street and ran until I fell exhausted in a country lane. In the little chaos of Pearl's character there might be seen emerging and could have been from the very first -- the steadfast principles of an unflinching courage -- an uncontrollable will -- sturdy pride, which might be disciplined into self-respect -- and a bitter scorn of many things which, when examined, might be found to have the taint of falsehood in them. Even in Great Britain, where the principles of political and civil liberty have been most discussed, and where we hear most of the rights of the Constitution, it is maintained that the authority of the Parliament is transcendent and uncontrollable, as well with regard to the Constitution, as the ordinary objects of legislative provision. |
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