untameable
untameable adjective: incapable of being controlled, subdued, or tamed.
Adjective
untameable (comparative more untameable, superlative most untameable)
- Incapable of being controlled, subdued, or tamed.
- “My lord,” said Mary, “it seems to me that you fling on my unhappy and devoted head those evils, which, with far more justice, I may impute to your own turbulent, wild, and untameable dispositions.”1820, Walter Scott, chapter 22, in The Abbot
- Of all the carnivorous animals of the Archipelago the only one found in the Moluccas is Viverra tangalunga, which inhabits both Batchian and Bouru, and probably come of the other islands. I am inclined to think that this also may have been introduced accidentally, for it is often made captive by...1869, Alfred Russel Wallace, chapter 27, in The Malay Archipelago, volume II
Forms of untameable
| comparative | more untameable |
|---|---|
| superlative | most untameable |
| alternative form | untamable |
Origin of untameable
From un- + tame + -able.
Words formed from untameable
Questions about untameable
- What does untameable mean?
- Untameable means incapable of being controlled, subdued, or tamed.
- What part of speech is untameable?
- Untameable is an adjective.
Words near untameable in the dictionary
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