All 3 Uses of
irrepressible
in
The Idiot
- You know nothing about the thing, and yet—idiot!" he added, muttering the last word to himself in irrepressible rage.†
Chpt 1.7
- But here the two sisters could restrain themselves no longer, and both of them burst into irrepressible laughter.†
Chpt 4.5 *
- Aglaya looked menacingly at her laughing sisters, but could not contain herself any longer, and the next minute she too had burst into an irrepressible, and almost hysterical, fit of mirth.†
Chpt 4.5
Definition:
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(irrepressible) impossible to repress or control