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irrepressible

[ir-i-pres-uh-buhl]

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adjective

incapable of being repressed or restrained; uncontrollable: irrepressible laughter.

Origin:
1805–15; ir-² + repressible

Related forms

ir·re·press·i·bil·i·ty, ir·re·press·i·ble·ness, noun

ir·re·press·i·bly, adverb

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Example Sentences

Lebenthal, an irrepressible master salesman, is at it again.

Yet the temptation to equate essayists with their essayistic selves is seemingly irrepressible.

All that said, no forecaster has yet benefited from predicting the irrepressible media tycoon's demise.

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Lebenthal, an irrepressible master salesman, is at it again.

Yet the temptation to equate essayists with their essayistic selves is seemingly irrepressible.

All that said, no forecaster has yet benefited from predicting the irrepressible media tycoon's demise.

Everything else at this simple eight-room eco-retreat and bunkhouse follows in irrepressible green style.

Four irrepressible friends head out to sea in the latest installment in a first-reader series that has no equal.

Burke wants his talk with the irrepressible raconteur to take place as an actionless walkabout.

Her irrepressible spirit was infectious and brought joy to all who met her.

It was an unwelcome intrusion into investors' irrepressible optimism.

Likewise that working mother with the three irrepressible kids on the subway.

The seemingly irrepressible desire for global economic stability may itself fuel the cycle of crisis.

Frieda taught all of those she touched to celebrate life through her irrepressible joie de' vivre.

But it also turned him into an irrepressible optimist.

What holds the place together is the irrepressible personality of its parts.

The old neighbourhoods are almost intact, and the city's irrepressible people have mostly returned.

The irrepressible baby leaps to his feet, pounds his.

In one sense, this simply represents the physics community's collision with the irrepressible nature of the blogosphere.

He possessed an encyclopedic mind on many topics and an irrepressible sense of humor.

She was a lively and engaging woman with an irrepressible zest for life.

His indomitable spirit and irrepressible sense of humor will be missed by family, friends and all who knew him.

His wisdom and irrepressible humor will be sorely missed by all who have worked with him these many years.

The answers varied widely, from unvarnished gloom to irrepressible optimism.

And all of these media play a role in a show that has the mark of irrepressible physical energy and a rapidly shifting attention.

Jackson's irrepressible fancifulness without remotely admiring the uses to which it has been put here.

She was an extroverted humanitarian with an irrepressible wit.

Pizzarelli is a natural clown whose irrepressible playfulness turns every performance into a party.

The human need to express ourselves is vital and irrepressible.

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World English Dictionary

irrepressible (ˌɪrɪˈprɛsəb^əl)

—*adj*
	not capable of being repressed, controlled, or restrained

irrepressi'bility

—n

irre'pressibleness

—n

irre'pressibly

—*adv*

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Word Origin & History

irrepressible

1811, from in- "not" + repressible (see repress). First attested in "Sense and Sensibility."

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"The chief reason warfare is still with us is neither a secret death-wish of the human species, nor an irrepressible instinct of aggression, nor, finally and more plausibly, the serious economic and social dangers inherent in disarmament, but the simple fact that no substitute for this final arbiter in international affairs has yet appeared on the political scene."

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