ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Untamed

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Pronunciation /ʌnˈteɪmd/ · Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Untamed is an adjective meaning Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.

Meaning

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

Example Sentences

The mustang is an untamed horse that roams where it wants, with little interest in humans.
John Wesley Powell ... the one-armed Civil War veteran led nine men in four wooden dories down the untamed and uncharted Colorado River and into the equally untamed and uncharted Grand Canyon.
Kjelsås (six miles) marks the end of the suburbs, and the line immediately plunges into Nordmarka. This vast untamed area of forest and mountain (much of it over 2,000 ft. above sea level), interspersed with innumerable lakes, large and small, is known as Oslo's playground.

Synonyms for untamed

Depending on context, synonyms include indomite, tameless, ferine, savage, uplandish, wild.

Antonyms for untamed

Common opposites include tamed, tame.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include savage, wild, unbroken, undomesticated, unruly, wilding.

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