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Meaning of IRREPRESSIBLE

Pronunciation:  `iri'presubul

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WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"
 
 Synonyms: uncontrollable, uncontrolled
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Ir`re*press"i*ble\, a.
Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled;
as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict. --W. H.
Steward.

 
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