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insuppressible

insuppressible adjective: that cannot be suppressed.

Adjective

insuppressible (comparative more insuppressible, superlative most insuppressible)

  1. That cannot be suppressed.
    • It seemed as if the sense of public resentment had long been gathering strength unperceived, and now burst forth into insuppressible violence.1903, William Godwin, Caleb Williams
    • In its stead Victor favoured Karslake with a slow smile of understanding that broadened into an insuppressible grin of successful malice, a grimace of crude exultation through which peered out the impish savage mutinously imprisoned within a flimsy husk of modern manner.1921, Louis Joseph Vance, Red Masquerade

Forms of insuppressible

comparativemore insuppressible
superlativemost insuppressible

Origin of insuppressible

From in- + suppressible.

Words formed from insuppressible

Questions about insuppressible

What does insuppressible mean?
Insuppressible means that cannot be suppressed.
What part of speech is insuppressible?
Insuppressible is an adjective.

Words near insuppressible in the dictionary

  1. insupportability
  2. insupportable
  3. insupportableness
  4. insupportably
  5. insupposable
  6. insuppressible
  7. insuppressibly
  8. insuppressive
  9. insur.
  10. insurabilities
  11. insurability

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