incorrigible

1. 1.

   impervious to correction by punishment

   Antonymscorrigible

   Similarunreformableuncontrollable
2. 2.

   difficult or impossible to manage or control

   “an incorrigible mess”

   Similarunmanageable

Questions about incorrigible

What does incorrigible mean?

incorrigible means "impervious to correction by punishment". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in incorrigible?

incorrigible has 5 syllables: in-cor-ri-gi-ble. The stress falls on "cor". In IPA it is /ˌɪnˈkɑɹədʒəbəl/.

What is the opposite of incorrigible?

The recorded antonyms are corrigible.

Is incorrigible a common word?

incorrigible is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.