Noun + を禁じえない

[Cannot suppress; cannot help feeling]

Connection: Noun (emotion) + を禁じえない

Usage: Expresses the inability to suppress a strong emotion. Very formal/literary. Common emotion nouns used: 驚き (surprise), 怒り (anger), 涙 (tears), 同情 (sympathy), 感動 (being moved).

Examples:

その知らせを聞いて、驚きを禁じえなかった。(Upon hearing that news, I couldn't suppress my surprise.)

被災者の話に涙を禁じえない。(I cannot help but shed tears at the stories of the disaster victims.)

彼の無責任な態度に怒りを禁じえない。(I cannot suppress my anger at his irresponsible attitude.)