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uncontrollable

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uncontrollable
adjective
1 the crowds were fast becoming uncontrollable:
unmanageable, out of control, ungovernable, wild, unruly, disorderly, recalcitrant, refractory, obstreperous, turbulent, intractable, incorrigible, disobedient, delinquent, insubordinate, defiant, non-compliant, undisciplined;
British, informal stroppy, bolshie;
archaic contumacious.
antonyms under control, obedient, compliant.
2 his dad flew into an uncontrollable rage:
ungovernable, irresistible, irrepressible, unstoppable, unquenchable, uncontainable;
wild, violent, forceful, frantic, frenzied, furious, raging, raving, mad, fervid, crazed, hysterical, maniacal, manic;
informal crazy, hyper;
literary perfervid, passional.
antonyms controllable.
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