Meanings
comparative more uncontrollable · superlative most uncontrollable
- Not able to be controlled, contained or governed.
She got the uncontrollable urge for some chocolate.
1 more example
"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
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectivedifficult to solve or alleviate
adjectiveincapable of being controlled
adjectiveincapable of being controlled or managed
adjectiveimpossible to repress or control
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*né
- Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
- Proto-Germanic*un-
- Proto-West Germanic*un-
- Old Englishun-
- Middle Englishun-
- Englishun-
- Englishcontrollable
- Englishuncontrollable
From un- + controllable.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek ἄσχετος, ἀκατάσχετος
- ἄσχετος (áskhetos)not able to be controlled, contained or governed
- ἀκατάσχετος (akatáskhetos)not able to be controlled, contained or governed
Catalan incontrolable
- incontrolablenot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Dutch onbeheersbaar
- onbeheersbaarnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Finnish hillitön, kontrolloimaton
- hillitönnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- kontrolloimatonnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- pitelemätönnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- hallitsematonnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
French incontrôlable
- incontrôlablenot able to be controlled, contained or governed
German unkontrollierbar
- unkontrollierbarnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Hungarian irányíthatatlan, befolyásolhatatlan
- irányíthatatlannot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- befolyásolhatatlannot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- csillapíthatatlannot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- fékezhetetlennot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- féktelennot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Italian incontrollabile
- incontrollabilenot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Polish niekontrolowany
- niekontrolowanynot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Portuguese descontrolável, incontrolável
- descontrolávelnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- incontrolávelnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Romanian incontrolabil, necontrolabil
- incontrolabilnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
- necontrolabilnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Russian неуправля́емый, неконтроли́руемый
- неуправля́емый (neupravljájemyj)not able to be controlled, contained or governed
- неконтроли́руемый (nekontrolírujemyj)not able to be controlled, contained or governed
Spanish incontrolable
- incontrolablenot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Swedish okontrollerbar
- okontrollerbarnot able to be controlled, contained or governed
Cite this entry
uncontrollable. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontrollable
“uncontrollable.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontrollable. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “uncontrollable,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/uncontrollable.
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