Synonyms for uncontrollable
un·con·trol·lable

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1. uncontrollable

   Rebellious signifies being in a state of rebellion (see REBELLION under REVOLUTION), and is even extended to inanimate things that resist control or adaptation to human use. Ungovernable applies to that which successfully defies authority and power; unmanageable to that which resists the utmost exercise of skill or of skill and power combined; rebellious, to that which is defiant of authority, whether successfully or unsuccessfully; seditious, to that which partakes of or tends to excite a rebellious spirit, seditious suggesting more of covert plan, scheming, or conspiracy, rebellious more of overt act or open violence. While the unmanageable or ungovernable defies control, the rebellious or seditious may be forced to submission; as, the man has an ungovernable temper; the horses became unmanageable; he tamed his rebellious spirit. Insubordinate applies to the disposition to resist and resent control as such; mutinous, to open defiance of authority, especially in the army, navy, or merchant marine. A contumacious act or spirit is contemptuous as well as defiant. Compare OBSTINATE; REVOLUTION.

   Synonyms:
   contumacious, disobedient, insubordinate, intractable, mutinous, rebellious, refractory, seditious, ungovernable, unmanageable

   Antonyms:
   compliant, controllable, deferential, docile, dutiful, gentle, manageable, obedient, submissive, subservient, tractable, yielding

   Preposition:
   Rebellious to or against lawful authority.

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1. uncontrollable, unmanageableadjective

   difficult to solve or alleviate

   "uncontrollable pain"

   Synonyms:
   irrepressible, indocile, difficult, uncorrectable, ungovernable, unmanageable, unwieldy, unruly

   Antonyms:
   manageable, corrigible, controlled, manipulable, tractable

2. indocile, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unrulyadjective

   of persons

   "the little boy's parents think he is spirited, but his teacher finds him unruly"

   Synonyms:
   rambunctious, rumbustious, irrepressible, indocile, robustious, disobedient, uncorrectable, boisterous, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly

   Antonyms:
   manipulable, manageable, tractable, controlled, corrigible

3. uncontrollable, uncorrectable, unmanageableadjective

   incapable of being controlled or managed

   "uncontrollable children"; "an uncorrectable habit"

   Synonyms:
   irrepressible, indocile, difficult, uncorrectable, unruly, ungovernable, unmanageable, unwieldy

   Antonyms:
   tractable, controlled, manageable, corrigible, manipulable

4. irrepressible, uncontrollableadjective

   impossible to repress or control

   "an irrepressible chatterbox"; "uncontrollable laughter"

   Synonyms:
   irrepressible, uncorrectable, unmanageable, indocile, ungovernable, unruly

   Antonyms:
   controlled, corrigible, manipulable, tractable, manageable

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1. uncontrollableadjective

   Synonyms:
   ungovernable, irrepressible, rampant, headstrong, not to be controlled

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1. uncontrollableadjective

   Synonyms:
   ungovernable, irrepressible

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1. List of paraphrases for "uncontrollable":

   uncontrolled, unmanageable, unverifiable, out-of-control, intractable, unchecked

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1. Tom Jackson:

   However, the general social acceptance of hate and violence toward any and all law enforcement recently has created such an unpredictable and uncontrollable threat to our lives, many feel it is not a good career to be involved in. Statistics show the number of police officers feloniously killed in the line of duty had been on a downward trajectory since 1970. This year, cop deaths are up more than 50 percent, and the victims in Dallas, Baton Rouge and other cases were targeted for assassination rather than killed in the process of confronting dangerous criminals. According to the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund, the number of officers fatally shot is already up 56 percent compared with last year. One person who is all too familiar with race-related riots and police problems is Tom Jackson, former police chief in Ferguson, Mo. The shooting of cops is going to hurt recruitment badly, how can you convince people to come to the profession, or stay in the profession, when hundreds of people are in front of them threatening to rape their grandkids ? Now officers' spouses and children are seeing cops going down and they are begging their loved ones to get out of the force or not sign up as planned, added Tom Jackson, who retired in March, 2015. According to Tom Jackson, Tom Jackson former department is still rocked by the heavy riots and remains 17 officers short – dropping from a full strength of 55 in Tom Jackson time to 38 now.

2. Michelle Obama:

   When those doors shut, I cried for 30 minutes straight, uncontrollable sobbing, because that’s how much we were holding it together for eight years.

3. Santiago Dondo:

   In a sector like mining which needs so much investment, so much capital, all the economic distortions like currency controls and uncontrollable inflation have a very strong and negative impact.

4. Dan Pfeiffer:

   The incredible and uncontrollable obsession with all things Trump has moved almost all of the scrutiny and focus to the GOP side of the equation once Clinton survived the Benghazi hearing and Biden dropped out.

5. Winston Churchill:

   Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.