Dictionary

uncontrollable en · ADJ

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *né Proto-Indo-European *n̥- Proto-Germanic *un- Proto-West Germanic *un- Old English un- Middle English un- English un- English controllable English uncontrollable From un- + controllable.

Meanings

1. Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
   • She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.
   • "Ethel!" exclaimed Norbourne, his strong and uncontrollable emotion betraying the power that her name still had over him: he tried to say something more, but the words died on his lips. 1837, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], “The Influence of the Dead”, in Ethel Churchill: Or, The Two Brides. […], volume II, London: Henry Colburn, […], →OCLC, page 273:

Forms

Deriveds

uncontrollableness · uncontrollability · uncontrollably

Relateds

controllable · control

Translations (29)

pl niekontrolowany (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · grc ἀκατάσχετος (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · ro incontrolabil (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · hu féktelen (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · grc ἄσχετος (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · pt incontrolável (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · fi hillitön (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · gl incontrolable (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · hu befolyásolhatatlan (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · ca incontrolable (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · pt descontrolável (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · gl incontrolábel (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · gv neusmaghtee (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · fi hallitsematon (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · ro necontrolabil (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · nl onbeheersbaar (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · sv okontrollerbar (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · es incontrolable (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · fi kontrolloimaton (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · hu csillapíthatatlan (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · de unkontrollierbar (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · ka არაკონტროლირებადი (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · ru неуправля́емый (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · fr incontrôlable (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · it incontrollabile (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · fi pitelemätön (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · hu fékezhetetlen (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · ru неконтроли́руемый (not able to be controlled, contained or governed) · hu irányíthatatlan (not able to be controlled, contained or governed)