insuppressible
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- insuppressibly adverb
Etymology
Origin of insuppressible
First recorded in 1600–10; in- 3 + suppressible ( def. )
Example Sentences
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It came in July, when Ryan Stamper, the former Florida linebacker and current Buckeyes player-development coordinator, witnessed a surpassing workout of pained screams and insuppressible tears.
From Washington Post • Oct. 2, 2015
I started at Slate as an intern 2½ years ago, and a colleague recently informed me that my superiors surreptitiously nicknamed me “Sparky” due to my insuppressible exuberance.
From Slate • Jan. 16, 2015
Laughing, for instance, is particularly contagious among young folks and is especially likely to be insuppressible when they wish to be particularly solemn.
From Psychotherapy by Walsh, James J. (James Joseph)
The great nullifier perceived at once the insuppressible nature of the Abolition movement and early predicted that the spirit then abroad in the North would not "die away of itself without a shock or convulsion."
From William Lloyd Garrison The Abolitionist by Grimké, Archibald Henry
And now at once she was struck by it: the almost insuppressible affection with which they had greeted each other, with a certain smiling radiance that beamed from them, involuntarily, irresistibly, unconsciously....
From The Later Life by Couperus, Louis
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