uncontrollable

adjwild; carried away

Word Origin & History

1570s, "irrefutable," from un- (1) "not" + controllable. From 1590s as "not subject to authority;" meaning "that cannot be restrained" is from 1640s. Related: Uncontrollably.

Example Sentences for uncontrollable

As if giving way to an uncontrollable impulse, he opened it a little.

Tom, in uncontrollable temper, raised his hand and struck him.

I was rather vexed at this uncontrollable outburst, and I continued my explanation.

Here, for the present, I stop in sheer and uncontrollable disgust.

Then, as if obeying an uncontrollable impulse, she came toward him.

This was the final madness, and he leaped to his feet in an outburst of uncontrollable rage.

Her features, once soft and matronly, flamed with uncontrollable passions.

And then with an uncontrollable shudder, she asked, "And—and—him?"

And what on earth, I asked myself, have we been laughing at in this uncontrollable fashion.

His character was too strong and his originality too uncontrollable.

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adj wild; carried away

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adjective. driving, obsessive

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adjective. volatile, dangerous

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fiercest

headstrong

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