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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (4)

1. difficult to solve or alleviate;
- Example: "uncontrollable pain"
[syn: uncontrollable, unmanageable]

2. of persons;
- Example: "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"
[syn: indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly]

3. incapable of being controlled or managed;
- Example: "uncontrollable children"
- Example: "an uncorrectable habit"
[syn: uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageable]

4. impossible to repress or control;
- Example: "an irrepressible chatterbox"
- Example: "uncontrollable laughter"
[syn: irrepressible, uncontrollable]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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.] --Swift.
      [1913 Webster] -- Un`con*trol"la*ble*ness, n. --
      Un`con*trol"la*bly, adv.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

uncontrollable
    adj 1: difficult to solve or alleviate; "uncontrollable pain"
           [syn: uncontrollable, unmanageable]
    2: of persons; "the little boy's parents think he is spirited,
       but his teacher finds him unruly" [syn: indocile,
       uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly]
    3: incapable of being controlled or managed; "uncontrollable
       children"; "an uncorrectable habit" [syn: uncontrollable,
       uncorrectable, unmanageable]
    4: impossible to repress or control; "an irrepressible
       chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter" [syn: irrepressible,
       uncontrollable]