insuppressive
insuppressive adjective: insuppressible; that cannot be suppressed.
Adjective
insuppressive (comparative more insuppressive, superlative most insuppressive)
- insuppressible; that cannot be suppressed
- the insuppressive mettle of our spirits1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...
Forms of insuppressive
| comparative | more insuppressive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most insuppressive |
Origin of insuppressive
From in- + suppress + -ive.
Words that rhyme with insuppressive
- incessive
- progressive
- aggressive
- ingressive
- oppressive
- depressive
- egressive
- essive
- expressive
- impressive
- obsessive
- possessive
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- recessive
- successive
- accessive
- caressive
- concessive
- degressive
- digressive
- double possessive
- passive-aggressive
- pressive
- regressive
- retrogressive
- transgressive
- abessive
- addressive
- adessive
- alloaggressive
- allosuppressive
- antessive
- antidepressive
- antiexpressive
- antioppressive
- antiprogressive
- antirepressive
- anxiodepressive
- atheroprogressive
- atherosuppressive
- autogressive
- autoregressive
- autorepressive
- brogressive
- cardiodepressive
- cardiosuppressive
- compressive
- concrescive
- confessive
- congressive
- corepressive
- crescive
- decompressive
- derepressive
- dispossessive
- effervescive
- excessive
- exessive
- fauxgressive
- fibrosuppressive
- future perfect progressive
Questions about insuppressive
- What does insuppressive mean?
- Insuppressive means insuppressible; that cannot be suppressed.
- What part of speech is insuppressive?
- Insuppressive is an adjective.
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