Unbridled
[ʌn'braɪd(ə)ld] or [ʌn'braɪdld]
Definition
(adj.) not restrained or controlled; 'unbridled rage'; 'an unchecked temper'; 'ungoverned rage' .
Edited by Gail--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Loosed from the bridle, or as from the bridle; hence, unrestrained; licentious; violent; as, unbridled passions.
Checker: Luther
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Unrestrained, licentious, lax.
Checker: Witt
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Wanton, licentious, dissolute, loose, lax,[See BOUNDLESS]
Editor: Milton
Examples
- Sir Knight, said Rebecca, I would avoid reproaches--But what is more certain than that I owe my death to thine unbridled passion? Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- Whether unbridled curiosity, or ungovernable dread, dictated Miss Verinder's questions I do not presume to inquire. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- It was evidently on the tip of her tongue to retort on me with the unbridled insolence of former times. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
- The tent of the Arab is fallen in the sands, and his horse spurns the ground unbridled and unsaddled. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My own spirits were high, and I bounded along with feelings of unbridled joy and hilarity. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
Editor: Milton