UNCONTROLLABLY Synonyms: 53 Similar and Opposite Words

uncontrollably

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as in crazily

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Recent Examples of uncontrollably Meanwhile, wildfires have been blazing uncontrollably, most notably this week in the New Forest in southern England. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 Hydroplaning occurs when a vehicle begins to slide uncontrollably on wet roads. — Ca Weather Bot, Sacbee.com, 15 July 2026 Hydroplaning is the term for when a vehicle begins sliding uncontrollably on wet roads. — Star-Telegram Weather Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 July 2026 Hydroplaning is when a vehicle starts uncontrollably sliding on wet roads. — Nc Weather Bot, Charlotte Observer, 11 July 2026 But across Oklahoma, the fluid is spreading uncontrollably belowground, blasting out of old, unplugged wells, polluting land and contaminating drinking water. — Katie Campbell, ProPublica, 2 June 2026 The Eagles posted a video on the night of the trade of Hurts and Brown on a FaceTime call with each other, laughing uncontrollably. — Saad Yousuf, New York Times, 2 June 2026 The best anecdote is one about the film’s sneak preview in Pasadena where the audience, expecting another Exorcist, started laughing uncontrollably at what was on screen. — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 15 May 2026 My jaw twitched uncontrollably. — Literary Hub, 15 May 2026

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And when Andreeva hits one of her crazily creative shots and turns to Martínez for praise, she is met with a smile, and maybe some clapping.

— Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 4 June 2026
The scene used one of the film’s funniest visual gags, an apartment so crazily tilted that nobody inside it could stand up straight.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 17 May 2026

Definition of crazily

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And secondly, these stories are resonating with younger audiences, a demographic Hollywood desperately wants to reach.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 1 Sep. 2026
As Kaepernick tried desperately to keep his protest on message, the rest of his life was picked apart, from his romantic partner to his clothing choices.

— Rohan Nadkarni, NBC news, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of desperately

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Catatonia Sleep issues Suicidal thoughts or behaviors Pressured speech — speaking rapidly, frantically or without taking pauses to breathe or let someone else talk.

— Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 28 Aug. 2026
Immediately, speculation arose that Walter is frantically trying to raise cash to pay off all those loans from the insurance companies to his affiliate entity companies.

— Bill Madden, New York Daily News, 22 Aug. 2026

Definition of frantically

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Teams feverishly shifted their rosters for a chance at the next title run, a shot at the Knicks’ throne.

— Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 25 July 2026
General manager Julien BriseBois was feverishly trying to improve the roster for next season and beyond.

— Eduardo A. Encina, The Orlando Sentinel, 11 July 2026

Definition of feverishly

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Primetime will trace the origins of Hansen’s famed series To Catch a Predator, the wildly popular program that exposed alleged pedophiles by using hidden cameras to capture adults trying to meet underage teens in online chat rooms.

— Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Aug. 2026
Hopefully that is not an omen for a wildly inflated price on the top models.

— Janhoi McGregor, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026

Definition of wildly

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Third base coach Bobby Crosby frenetically waved him home, and Wilson hit the turn hard.

— Justice delos Santos, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
And the score by Michael Abels (who collaborated with Jordan Peele on Get Out and Nope) is an all-timer, unsettling and steeped in dread to start and then frenetically nerve-shredding as things get hairier.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 17 May 2026

Definition of frenetically

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The catastrophies that our heroine averts are awfully small potatoes — a bulldozer running amok, an amusement park ride speeding out of control, some prankish teenagers scheming to turn the girl’s shower into a steambath.

— Arthur Knight, HollywoodReporter, 25 June 2026
Following a string of low-budget hits, Wheatley was handed the reins of the sequel to the smash Jason Statham-starring action film about a prehistoric shark run amok in the modern world.

— Christopher Vourlias, Variety, 20 June 2026

Definition of amok

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Broadway-loving teens will fall madly in love with this 2001 musical classic about the infamous French nightclub, its star performer Satine, and her poem-writing love Christian—Nicole Kidman and Ewan McGregor in two of their best roles.

— Kara Nesvig, Parents, 29 Aug. 2026
And fangirling—loving a stranger madly and blindly—essentially means voluntarily replacing your own vision with a pair of heart-eye emojis.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 6 Aug. 2026

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