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tamest |
Overview of adj tame The adj tame has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) tame -- (flat and uninspiring) 2. tame -- (very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed") 3. tame, tamed -- (brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries") 4. meek, tame -- (very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes) Antonyms of adj tame 4 senses of tame Sense 1 tame INDIRECT (VIA unexciting) -> exciting Sense 2 tame (vs. wild) wild (vs. tame) => chaotic, disorderly => delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained => frenzied, manic Sense 3 tame (vs. wild), tamed wild (vs. tame), untamed => feral, savage => unbroken => undomesticated Sense 4 meek, tame INDIRECT (VIA docile) -> stubborn Similarity of adj tame 4 senses of tame Sense 1 tame => unexciting (vs. exciting) Sense 2 tame (vs. wild) => subdued Also See-> quiet#1 Sense 3 tame (vs. wild), tamed => broken, broken in => docile, gentle => domestic, domesticated => cultivated => tamed Also See-> tractable#1 Sense 4 meek, tame => docile (vs. stubborn) Attributes of adj tame 1 of 4 senses of tame Sense 3 tame (vs. wild), tamed => tameness, domestication Familiarity of adj tame tame used as an adjective is uncommon (polysemy count = 4) Grep of adj tame tame tameable tamed Overview of adj tame The adj tame has 4 senses (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) tame -- (flat and uninspiring) 2. tame -- (very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed") 3. tame, tamed -- (brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries") 4. meek, tame -- (very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes)
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