irrepressible
irrepressible adjective: not containable or controllable.
Adjective
irrepressible (not generally comparable, comparative more irrepressible, superlative most irrepressible)
- Not containable or controllable.
- [...] here the two friends burst into a variety of giggles, and glanced from time to time, over the tops of their pocket-handkerchiefs, at Nicholas, who from a state of unmixed astonishment, gradually fell into one of irrepressible laughter [...]1858, Charles Dickens, chapter 15, in Nicholas Nickleby
- Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.
- The irrepressible landlady gave the freest expression to her feelings.1875, Wilkie Collins, chapter 3, in The Law and the Lady
- Schomberg, [...] an irrepressible retailer of all the scandalous gossip of the place, would, with both elbows on the table, impart an adorned version of the story to any guest who cared to imbibe knowledge along with the more costly liquors.1899 September – 1900 July, Joseph Conrad, chapter XIX, in Lord Jim: A Tale, Edinburgh; London: William Blackwood and Sons, published 1900, →OCLC, page 210
irrepressible meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Kannada
irrepressible in Tamil
- அடக்கமுடியாத
irrepressible in Malayalam
- inextinguishable, unquenchable, uncontainable
- അടക്കാനാവാത്ത, അടിച്ചമർത്താനാവാത്ത, നിയന്ത്രണാതീത, കീഴ്പ്പെടാത്ത, പിടിച്ചുനിർത്താൻ കഴിയാത്ത, കെടുത്താനാവാത്ത
- exuberant, ebullient, buoyant
- വളരെഊർജ്ജസ്വലമായ, ഉത്സാഹത്താൽ മതിമറന്ന, അത്യൂത്സാഹമുള്ള, ഉത്സാഹം തിളച്ചുപൊന്തുന്ന, ഉത്സാഹത്തിമിർപ്പുള്ള, ആത്മവിശ്വാസവും ചുണയുമുള്ള
irrepressible in Kannada
- ಅದಮ್ಯ, ಅಡಗಿಸಲಾಗದ, ನಿಗ್ರಹಿಸಲಾಗದ, ಅಡ್ಡಿಪಡಿಸಲಾಗದ
Examples of irrepressible in a sentence
- "The irrepressible Yank is knocking at the doors of their temples and he will want to sell 'em carpet-sweepers for their harems."1901, Frank Norris, The Octopus, Book II, Conclusion:
- It was Paris' irrepressible High Fashion Doyenne Gabrielle ("Coco") Chanel, 80, so-soing this and high-hatting that, while Women's Wear Daily took notes.1963 July 12, “People”, in Time:
- High-strung and irrepressible, George Jefferson quickly became one of America’s most popular television characters, a high-energy, combative black man who backed down to no one.2012 July 24, Mel Watkins, “Sherman Hemsley, ‘Jeffersons’ Star, Is Dead at 74”, in New York Times, retrieved 16 Jun 2013:
Forms of irrepressible
| comparative | more irrepressible |
|---|---|
| superlative | most irrepressible |
Origin of irrepressible
From ir- + repressible.
Words formed from irrepressible
Questions about irrepressible
- What does irrepressible mean?
- Irrepressible means not containable or controllable.
- What is irrepressible in Tamil?
- Irrepressible in Tamil is அடக்கமுடியாத. See Irrepressible meaning in Tamil.
- How do you use irrepressible in a sentence?
- "The irrepressible Yank is knocking at the doors of their temples and he will want to sell 'em carpet-sweepers for their harems."
- What part of speech is irrepressible?
- Irrepressible is an adjective.
Words near irrepressible in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: irrepressible (page history and authors); irrepressible (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); irrepressible (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); irrepressible (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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