Irrepressible Definition

ĭrĭ-prĕsə-bəl
adjective
Difficult or impossible to control or restrain.
Irrepressible laughter.
American Heritage
That cannot be repressed or restrained.
Webster's New World

Not containable or controllable.

Wiktionary

(of a person) Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.

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Irrepressible Sentence Examples

  • There is nowhere recorded a simple and irrepressible satisfaction with the gift of life, any memorable praise of God.

  • The conflict was irrepressible.

  • In a speech at Rochester, New York, in 1858 he made the famous statement that there was "an irrepressible conflict between opposing and enduring forces, and it means that the United States must and will, sooner or later, become either entirely a slave-holding nation or entirely a free-labour nation."

  • One day Morris heard the irrepressible Hill singing along with the radio.

  • It's true; I have an almost irrepressible urge to take care of everyone, coupled with a natural tendency to fret.

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