not controllable, out of control, ungovernable, unmanageable, wild, unruly
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Uncontrollable Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
(a.)
Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title.
Indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title.
(a.)
Incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutIncapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
uncontrollable
\un`con*trol"la*ble\ (?), a.
1. incapable of being controlled; ungovernable; irresistible; as, an uncontrollable temper; uncontrollable events.
2. indisputable; irrefragable; as, an uncontrollable maxim; an uncontrollable title. [r.] -- un`con*trol"la*ble*ness , n. -- un`con*trol"la*bly , adv.
uncontrollable
adj
1. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain" [syn: unmanageable]
2. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile, ungovernable, unruly]
3. not susceptible of improvement; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit" [syn: uncorrectable, unmanageable]
4. impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter" [syn: irrepressible]
Adjective
1. difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"
(synonym) unmanageable
(similar) intractable
2. of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
(synonym) indocile, ungovernable, unruly
(similar) unmanageable
3. not susceptible of improvement; "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"
(synonym) uncorrectable, unmanageable
(similar) incorrigible
4. impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
(synonym) irrepressible
(similar) uncontrolled
