uncontrollable

uncontrollable
Synonyms and related words:
Dionysiac, abandoned, amok, bacchic, bellowing, berserk, beyond control, breachy, carried away, certain, contumacious, corybantic, defiant, delirious, demoniac, desperate, distracted, ecstatic, enraptured, fated, fateful, feral, ferocious, fierce, fractious, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, fulminating, furious, haggard, hog-wild, howling, hysterical, in a transport, in hysterics, incorrigible, indefeasible, indocile, indomitable, ineluctable, inescapable, inevasible, inevitable, inexorable, inflexible, insuppressible, intoxicated, intractable, irrepressible, irresistible, irrevocable, like one possessed, mad, madding, maenadic, maniac, maniacal, necessary, obstreperous, orgasmic, orgiastic, out of hand, possessed, rabid, raging, ramping, ranting, raving, raving mad, ravished, recalcitrant, refractory, relentless, resistant, resisting, resistless, restive, roaring, running mad, running wild, shrewish, stark-raving mad, storming, sure, sure as death, sure as fate, transported, unavoidable, unbiddable, undeflectable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmalleable, unmanageable, unmoldable, unpreventable, unruly, unstoppable, unsubmissive, unyielding, violent, wild, wild-eyed, wild-looking

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  • Uncontrollable — Un con*trol la*ble, a. 1. Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events. [1913 Webster] 2. Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title. [R.]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • uncontrollable — I adjective bullheaded, carried away, disobedient, disorderly, fractious, frenzied, headstrong, hysterical, impetuous, impotens, incorrigible, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable, irrepressible, irresistable, lawless,… …   Law dictionary

  • uncontrollable — (adj.) 1570s, irrefutable, from UN (Cf. un ) (1) not + CONTROLLABLE (Cf. controllable). From 1590s as not subject to authority; meaning that cannot be restrained is from 1640s. Related: Uncontrollably …   Etymology dictionary

  • uncontrollable — is now the dominant form, rather than incontrollable …   Modern English usage

  • uncontrollable — [adj] wild; carried away beside oneself, disorderly, excited, fractious, frantic, freaked, furious, headstrong, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable, irrepressible, irresistible, lawless, like a loose cannon*, mad,… …   New thesaurus

  • uncontrollable — ► ADJECTIVE ▪ not controllable. DERIVATIVES uncontrollably adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • uncontrollable — [spelling only] …   English World dictionary

  • uncontrollable — [[t]ʌ̱nkəntro͟ʊləb(ə)l[/t]] 1) ADJ: usu ADJ n If you describe a feeling or physical action as uncontrollable, you mean that you cannot control it or prevent yourself from feeling or doing it. It had been a time of almost uncontrollable excitement …   English dictionary

  • uncontrollable — un|con|trol|lable [ˌʌnkənˈtrəuləbəl US ˈtroul ] adj 1.) if an emotion, desire, or physical action is uncontrollable, you cannot control it or stop yourself from feeling it or doing it ▪ I felt an uncontrollable urge to scream. ▪ Mother burst into …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • uncontrollable — un|con|trol|la|ble [ ,ʌnkən trouləbl ] adjective 1. ) impossible to control or stop: A tire had burst and the car became uncontrollable. Wounds like this can lead to uncontrollable bleeding. a ) an uncontrollable feeling is one that you cannot… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • uncontrollable — UK [ˌʌnkənˈtrəʊləb(ə)l] / US [ˌʌnkənˈtroʊləb(ə)l] adjective 1) a) impossible to control or stop A tyre had burst and the car became uncontrollable. Wounds like this can lead to uncontrollable bleeding. b) an uncontrollable feeling is one that you …   English dictionary

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