Meaning

2 senses
  1. (not comparable, usually)Not containable or controllable.

    неудержи́мыйneuderžímyj, неукроти́мыйneukrotímyj, неуёмныйneujómnyj

    нестри́мнийnestrýmnyj, невгамо́внийnevhamóvnyj, непогамо́внийnepohamóvnyj

  2. (not comparable, usually)Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent.

More definitions
  • impossible to repress or control

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Tom’s appetite is irrepressible.

    У Тома невгамовний апетит.

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  2. Eternal life is an irrepressible human desire.

    deEwiges Leben ist ein ununterdrückbares menschliches Begehren.

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  3. She leaps with an irrepressible "Yippee" from the boat to the shore.

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Translations

7 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not containable or controllable:
Русский
By meaning 1
not containable or controllable:

Forms

more irrepressible, most irrepressible

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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