Untamed

//ʌnˈteɪmd// adj

adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.

    "The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans."

Adjective
  1. 1
    in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated wordnet

Synonyms

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wildanimalatrociousbarbarianbarbaricbarbarous

Antonyms

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tamed

Example

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"The King now understood how the Queen he had had for some time past had been so ill-tempered. He at once had a sack drawn over her head and made her be stoned to death, and after that torn in pieces by untamed horses."

Etymology

From Middle English untamed, untemed, equivalent to un- + tamed and/or untame + -ed. Compare Dutch ongetemd (“untamed”), German ungezähmt (“untamed”), Danish utæmmet (“untamed”), Swedish otämd (“untamed”), Icelandic ótamin (“untamed”).

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