"irrepressible" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more irrepressible [comparative], most irrepressible [superlative]
Etymology: From ir- + repressible. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|in|repressible|alt1=ir}} ir- + repressible Head templates: {{en-adj|-|more}} irrepressible (not generally comparable, comparative more irrepressible, superlative most irrepressible)
  1. Not containable or controllable. Tags: not-comparable, usually Translations (not containable or controllable): неудържим (neudǎržim) (Bulgarian), неукротим (neukrotim) (Bulgarian), irreprimible (Catalan), 忍不住的 (rěn bù zhù de) (Chinese Mandarin), 控制不住的 (kòngzhì bù zhù de) (Chinese Mandarin), onbedwingbaar (Dutch), onstuitbaar (Dutch), irrépressible (French), irreprimible (Galician), irreprimíbel (Galician), elfojthatatlan (Hungarian), dochloíte (Irish), insopprimibile (Italian), niepowstrzymany [masculine] (Polish), niepohamowany [masculine] (Polish), irreprimível (Portuguese), неудержи́мый (neuderžímyj) (Russian), неукроти́мый (neukrotímyj) (Russian), неуёмный (neujómnyj) (Russian), irreprimible (Spanish), irrefrenable (Spanish), нестри́мний (nestrýmnyj) (Ukrainian), невгамо́вний (nevhamóvnyj) (Ukrainian), непогамо́вний (nepohamóvnyj) (Ukrainian)
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  2. (of a person) Especially high-spirited, outspoken, or insistent. Tags: not-comparable, usually
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      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "nepohamóvnyj",
      "sense": "not containable or controllable",
      "word": "непогамо́вний"
    }
  ],
  "word": "irrepressible"
}

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