irrepressible
adjective
ir·re·press·ible
ˌir-i-ˈpre-sə-bəl 
: impossible to repress, restrain, or control
irrepressible curiosity
Examples of irrepressible in a Sentence
She has an irrepressible sense of humor.
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Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 19 July 2024
But the play’s humor and skewering of patriarchal assumptions seemed to director Chilcote a good match for commedia’s irrepressible clowns and irreverence toward social hierarchy.
—Celia Wren, Washington Post, 17 July 2024
There are a lot of agonists in women’s tennis; Paolini seems like the rare, irrepressible optimist.
—Louisa Thomas, The New Yorker, 13 July 2024
The big stars have already signed up again, according to the post – Mike Myers will voice the eponymous ogre, Cameron Diaz will return as Princess Fiona and Eddie Murphy will reprise his role as the irrepressible Donkey.
—Jack Guy, CNN, 10 July 2024
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irrepressible
adjective
ir·re·press·ible
ˌir-i-ˈpres-ə-bəl
: impossible to repress or control
irrepressible curiosity
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