| Main Entry: | irrepressible |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | effervescent, vivacious |
Synonyms: |
boisterous, bubbling, buoyant, ebullient, enthusiastic, insuppressible, rebellious, rhapsodical, tumultous/tumultuous, unconstrained, uncontainable, uncontrollable, unmanageable, unquenchable, unrestrainable, unrestrained, unruly, unstoppable |
Antonyms: |
depressed, despondent, grave, hopeless, serious |
| Main Entry: | ebullient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic |
Synonyms: |
agitated, bouncy, brash, buoyant, chipper, chirpy, effervescent, effusive, elated, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, frothy, gushing, high-spirited, in high spirits, irrepressible, vivacious, zestful, zippy |
Antonyms: |
apathetic, disinterested, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | effervescent |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | enthusiastic, vivacious |
Synonyms: |
animated, bouncy, brash, bubbly, buoyant, ebullient, excited, exhilarated, exuberant, gleeful, happy, high-spirited, hilarious, in high spirits, irrepressible, jolly, joyous, lively, merry, mirthful, sprightly, vital, zingy |
Antonyms: |
dull, inactive, serious, sober, unenthusiastic |
| Main Entry: | elastic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | pliant, rubbery |
Synonyms: |
adaptable, bouncy, buoyant, ductile, extendible, extensible, flexible, irrepressible, limber, lithe, malleable, moldable, plastic, pliable, resilient, rubberlike, springy, stretchable, stretchy, supple, tempered, yielding |
Antonyms: |
inelastic, rigid, stiff, tense, unflexible, unyielding |
| Main Entry: | hysterical |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very upset, excited |
Synonyms: |
agitated, berserk, beside oneself, blazing, carried away, convulsive, crazed, crazy, delirious, distracted, distraught, emotional, fiery, frantic, frenzied, fuming, furious, impassioned, impetuous, in a fit, incensed, irrepressible, mad, maddened, nervous, neurotic, overwrought, panic-stricken, passionate, possessed, rabid, raging, rampant, raving, seething, spasmodic, tempestuous, turbulent, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, unnerved, unrestrained, uproarious, vehement, violent, wild, worked up |
Antonyms: |
calm, controlled, serene |
| Main Entry: | mercurial |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | flighty, temperamental |
Synonyms: |
blowing hot and cold, bubbleheaded, buoyant, capricious, changeable, effervescent, elastic, erratic, expansive, fickle, flaky, flip*, fluctuating, gaga, gay, impulsive, inconstant, irregular, irrepressible, lighthearted, lively, lubricious, mad, mobile, movable, quicksilver, resilient, short-fuse, spirited, sprightly, ticklish, unpredictable, unstable, up-and-down, variable, volatile, yo-yo |
Antonyms: |
calm, tranquil, unchangeable, unperturbable, unvarying |
| Main Entry: | resilient |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bouncy, flexible |
Synonyms: |
airy, buoyant, effervescent, elastic, expansive, hardy, irrepressible, plastic, pliable, quick to recover, rebounding, rolling with punches, rubbery, snapping back, springy, stretchy, strong, supple, tough, volatile |
Antonyms: |
hard, inflexible, rigid, stiff |
| Main Entry: | uncontrollable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild; carried away |
Synonyms: |
beside oneself, disorderly, excited, fractious, frantic, freaked, furious, headstrong, indocile, indomitable, insuppressible, insurgent, intractable, irrepressible, irresistible, lawless, like a loose cannon, mad, obdurate, obstinate, recalcitrant, strong, stubborn, uncontainable, undisciplinable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrainable, unruly, violent |
Antonyms: |
controllable, controlled, manageable, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | unconquerable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | insurmountable |
Synonyms: |
impregnable, indefeasible, indomitable, inexpugnable, innate, insuperable, intractable, invincible, invulnerable, irrepressible, resistant, secure, unbeatable, unsurpassable, unyielding |
Antonyms: |
conquerable |
| Main Entry: | uncontrolled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not controlled |
Synonyms: |
disobedient, incontinent, irrepressible, rampant, stubborn, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungoverned, unrestrained |
Antonyms: |
controlled, restrained |