ungovernable.

Too difficult or unwilling to be controlled or managed.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• ungovernable anger
• an ungovernable crowd

On the page

An ungovernable surge of anger broke through his rehearsed calm.

Usage notes

Primary category: literary / elevated general. Forms: Comparative more ungovernable; superlative most ungovernable when comparison is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: description, character. Commonness: moderately common.