untamed
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3.8
- adjective
- /ʌnˈteɪmd/
- Ninety percent of Ariel remained absolutely uninhabitable, smothered by a thick, untamed atmosphere.
- wild and untamed
- untamed nature
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Watch on YouTubeSo 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
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1.0
Living in a natural state and not tamed by people
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7.1
Living in the wild and not kept or bred by people
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7.4
Wild and difficult to control
Antonyms
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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.