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irrepressible

[ir-i-pres-uh-buhl]

adjective

  1. incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable.

    irrepressible laughter.



irrepressible

/ ˌɪɪˈɛəə /

adjective

  1. not capable of being repressed, controlled, or restrained

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • irrepressibility noun
  • irrepressibleness noun
  • irrepressibly adverb
  • ˌˈ adverb
  • ˌˌˈٲ noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of irrepressible1

First recorded in 1805–15; ir- 2 + repressible ( def. )
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A trained cellist, he’s comfortable with acoustic instruments but also can’t wait to get his hands on whatever crazy invention the Media Lab’s irrepressible tech visionaries come up with next.

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Flick also sensed an established culture where the club's irrepressible youth was not at the heart of the team, and not given the prominence they believed they merited.

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In the auditorium in the Fertitta Hall basement, the biggest star of all is the eternally youthful, irrepressibly enthusiastic Carroll, 73, hired in January as new coach of the Las Vegas Raiders.

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That line, uttered by irrepressible sidekick Short Round in 1984's "Indiana Jones at the Temple of Doom," has endured, even if it didn't end up being true.

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Christopher Rountree, the irrepressibly upbeat founder and music director of Wild Up, had other ideas.

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