unbridled
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7.3
- adjective
- /ʌnˈbraɪdld/
- His unbridled enthusiasm for the project inspired everyone on the team.
- unbridled enthusiasm
- unbridled passion
- unbridled discretion
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Watch on YouTubeJudges can be corrupted by their own unbridled desires, right?
- Judges can be corrupted by their own unbridled desires, right?
- And yet that doesn't stop us from speaking with unbridled confidence on what will be.
- Have opened our borders to what I would call unbridled immigration.
- And this is my other gripe with the folks who support just the unbridled markets.
- But to that friend, they're they have unbridled joy with you and for you.
- So there needs to feel a sense of unbridled explosiveness.
Examples
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He'd known emotions were running high, but he'd never expected such unbridled hostility from his own side.
Fiction book (2000) -
Have opened our borders to what I would call unbridled immigration.
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To mine that pure, unbridled potential.
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Only God need worry, in a land of unbridled opportunity, what becomes of the losers.
Academic text (1996) -
The economic culture of our generation has embraced unbridled individual competition.
Academic text (2002) -
And yet that doesn't stop us from speaking with unbridled confidence on what will be.
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The four friends pound on each other with unbridled teenage exuberance.
Fiction book (1999) -
"Cute" doesn't begin to describe the unbridled joy he saw in their smiling faces.
Academic text (2007) -
We see only the unbridled desire to live and to experience worldly delights.
Academic text (2003) -
With few exceptions, the First Amendment allows unbridled expression, regardless of content or viewpoint until it comes to television.
Academic text (1998)
Synonyms
36
4.9
Allowed to continue without control
31
3.9
Not kept within limits, like a fire or a strong feeling
30
7.3
Free from limits or rules
23
4.1
Free from limits and control, it allows people to use or access
22
6.5
Showing very strong excitement and uncontrolled actions
14
6.9
Expressing feelings and thoughts freely without embarrassment
13
5.7
Not held back and showing strong feelings or actions
8
5.2
Not tied or held, able to move and act freely
4
4.6
Free to move forward without being stopped
4
6.1
Not limited or held back and able to act freely
3
7.1
Not controlled and showing no restraint
2
8.3
Free and not limited by rules
1
6.4
Not controlled and allowed to spread freely
1
5.3
Free to move or act without being stopped
1
4.1
Free to express strong feelings and ideas
1
8.4
Very strong and not held back
1
4.7
Without walls or edges, things move freely
1
6.3
A way of behaving that is relaxed and open
1
6.7
Shown or felt openly without being held back
1
5.2
Not making strict rules and allowing a lot of freedom
1
7.5
People show strong feelings openly without control
1
6.5
Showing strong feelings or energy that are not held back
1
6.7
Has no tightness and allows free movement of air, blood, or feelings
1
7.9
Not kept under control and without limits
1
9.0
A situation with no limits or boundaries
1
8.6
Not held back and showing strong feelings or energy
Free and not limited by rules or control
Antonyms
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Morphology
Etymology
The word unbridled is made from un- ('not') and bridle ('a strap that controls a horse'). So unbridled means like a horse without a bridle, wild and not controlled, which is why we use it for feelings or actions with no limits.