Synonyms for uncontrollable
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : uhn-kuh n-troh-luh-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˌʌn kənˈtroʊ lə bəl |
Top 10 synonyms for uncontrollable
Définition of uncontrollable
Origin :- 1570s, "irrefutable," from un- (1) "not" + controllable. From 1590s as "not subject to authority;" meaning "that cannot be restrained" is from 1640s. Related: Uncontrollably.
- adj wild; carried away
- As if giving way to an uncontrollable impulse, he opened it a little.
- Extract from : « The Secret Agent » by Joseph Conrad
- Tom, in uncontrollable temper, raised his hand and struck him.
- Extract from : « The Channings » by Mrs. Henry Wood
- I was rather vexed at this uncontrollable outburst, and I continued my explanation.
- Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
- Here, for the present, I stop in sheer and uncontrollable disgust.
- Extract from : « Diary from November 12, 1862, to October 18, 1863 » by Adam Gurowski
- Then, as if obeying an uncontrollable impulse, she came toward him.
- Extract from : « Fair Harbor » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- This was the final madness, and he leaped to his feet in an outburst of uncontrollable rage.
- Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine
- Her features, once soft and matronly, flamed with uncontrollable passions.
- Extract from : « The Strollers » by Frederic S. Isham
- And then with an uncontrollable shudder, she asked, "And—and—him?"
- Extract from : « The Vagrant Duke » by George Gibbs
- And what on earth, I asked myself, have we been laughing at in this uncontrollable fashion.
- Extract from : « 'Twixt Land & Sea » by Joseph Conrad
- His character was too strong and his originality too uncontrollable.
- Extract from : « Six Centuries of Painting » by Randall Davies
Antonyms for uncontrollable
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