untamed
- adjective
- /ʌnˈteɪmd/
- Ninety percent of Ariel remained absolutely uninhabitable, smothered by a thick, untamed atmosphere.
- wild and untamed
- untamed nature
So I was really very untamed at that moment.
- So I was really very untamed at that moment.
- And that's how they get the bad rap of just being just, you know, a wild and crazy untamed plant.
- So he talks about two things, enthusiasm which we've encountered before, the untamed revelry of nature in self-conscious form, Right.
- If the flood destroys half of your settlement because you can't predict the floods behaviour, you're dealing with an untamed beast.
Examples
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Raw, untamed power.
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I was right; there was something untamed about the lake, even with all the villages.
Fiction book (1992) -
And all I can think of is to return to these untamed lands...
Fiction book (1992) -
It's beautiful, but also untamed and chaotic.
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Charissa knew there was plenty of work in this new, untamed land.
Fiction book (2001) -
Welcome to Mars, the 21st century's most untamed frontier.
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They'd have to go deeper into the Outback, looking to lose themselves in some untamed system.
Fiction book (2000) -
The poor are drawing on something untamed, primeval, unreflective at its deepest root; something of great force.
Academic text (2005) -
Inge's face was serene, sure of itself, healthy and strong like an untamed beast's.
Fiction book (1999) -
The wildlife in the national park remains untamed, thriving in its natural habitat.
Synonyms
Living in a natural state and not tamed by people
Living in the wild and not kept or bred by people
Wild and difficult to control
Antonyms
How Tame
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
The word untamed is made of un- 'not' and tame 'trained or calm'. So, untamed means 'not trained' and describes animals, plants, or places that are wild and natural, like a horse that runs free.