uncontrollable

B1 Topic:Describing Qualities

Also spelled uncontroulable

US /ˌənkənˈtroʊləbəl/ See IPA manual

Freq #18621

Meanings

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adj
Impossible to control, stop, or hold back.

She got an uncontrollable urge to laugh.

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Synonyms

1 adj · impossible to control,... irrepressible unmanageable

Word family

Forms uncontrollably

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uncontrollable laughter
laughing that a person cannot stop or hold back

Adjective + noun

Etymology

From un- + controllable.

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Describing Qualities

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