Meanings
adjectiveinsuppressive (comparative more insuppressive, superlative most insuppressive)
comparative more insuppressive · superlative most insuppressive
- obsoleteinsuppressible; that cannot be suppressed
the insuppressive mettle of our spirits
1599 (first performance), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Iulius Cæsar”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]
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Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with insuppressive
progressiveimpressiveaggressiveexcessivesuccessiveexpressiveobsessivedepressiveoppressiverepressivecompressiverecessiveimmunosuppressiveregressivepossessivesuppressiveautoregressiveunimpressiveantidepressivetransgressiveretrogressivepressiveprocessivedigressive
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