Antonyms for ungovernable


Grammar : Adj
Spell : uhn-guhv-er-nuh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈgʌv ər nə bəl


Definition of ungovernable

  • adj out of control
  • adj rebellious
Example sentences :
  • The excitement of the populace was now ungovernable and the air was filled with groans and cries.
  • Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
  • He had frankly admitted his ungovernable temper and had deplored it.
  • Extract from : « Mary Louise in the Country » by L. Frank Baum (AKA Edith Van Dyne)
  • If they are opposed they fly into ungovernable passions and blind rages.
  • Extract from : « Palmistry for All » by Cheiro
  • The cause of this sudden and ungovernable exclamation can be no other than a woman.
  • Extract from : « The Young Duke » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • She seems to have been impatient, violent, and ungovernable.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes » by Samuel Johnson
  • When she returned I was mad with a fit of ungovernable rage.
  • Extract from : « The New Tenant » by E. Phillips Oppenheim
  • Save the multitude, endangered by its own ungovernable passions.
  • Extract from : « Life and Letters of Lord Macaulay » by George Otto Trevelyan
  • A university professor was afflicted with an ungovernable temper.
  • Extract from : « Standards of Life and Service » by T. H. Howard
  • Yet they still seemed perfectly refractory and ungovernable.
  • Extract from : « The Vicar of Wakefield » by Oliver Goldsmith
  • And yet what an ungovernable child he had been only a year ago!
  • Extract from : « Peter the Priest » by Mr Jkai

Synonyms for ungovernable

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