Word Meanings - INSUPPRESSIVE - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.

Related words: (words related to INSUPPRESSIVE)

• INSUPPRESSIBLE
  That can not be suppressed or concealed; irrepressible. Young. -- In`sup*press"i*bly, adv.
• INSUPPRESSIVE
  Insuppressible. "The insuppressive mettle of our spirits." Shak.
• METTLED
  Having mettle; high-spirited; ardent; full of fire. Addison.
• METTLE
  Substance or quality of temperament; spirit, esp. as regards honor, courage, fortitude, ardor, etc.; disposition; -- usually in a good sense. A certain critical hour which shall... try what mettle his heart is made of. South. Gentlemen of brave
• METTLESOME
  Full of spirit; possessing constitutional ardor; fiery; as, a mettlesome horse. -- Met"tle*some*ly, adv. -- Met"tle*some*ness, n.
• MUDDY-METTLED
  Dull-spirited. Shak.
• HIGH-METTLED
  Having abundance of mettle; ardent; full of fire; as, a high- mettled steed.
• DISMETTLED
  Destitute of mettle, that is, or fire or spirit. Llewellyn.
• SELF-METTLE
  Inborn mettle or courage; one's own temper. Shak.