insuppressible
Americanadjective
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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
The insuppressible alertness and enterprise of his own mind tells upon his portrayal of these intense moments.
From Robert Browning by Herford, C. H. (Charles Harold)
Experience with the overgrown and insuppressible Committees for Fighting Counter-Revolution had taught people how serious such a development might be.
From The Crisis in Russia by Ransome, Arthur
The suppressed, and insuppressible, weak indignation of old Schaffgotsch is visible on the occasion; nor, I think, does Friedrich take it ill; only sends him out of the way with it, for the time.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Carlyle, Thomas
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