unbridled
[uhn-brahyd-ld]
- not controlled or restrained: unbridled enthusiasm.
- not fitted with a bridle.
Origin of unbridled
unbridle
[uhn-brahyd-l]
- to remove the bridle from (a horse, mule, etc.).
- to free from restraint.
Origin of unbridle
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Contemporary Examples
Unbridled nationalism is a menace; it leads to trade wars and, all too often, real wars.
New studies show that unbridled hateful speech can cause emotional harm.
The fear of unbridled ambition is nothing new in American politics.
There was an unbridled joy—a glee—that was associated with watching Glee each week.
Wolves, bears, and cougars were the massed enemy on the hill, and our stories were of their unbridled ferocity.
Historical Examples
He did not say a word, knowing my unbridled desire to meet danger.
My Double LifeSarah Bernhardt
This explains why they may be associated in the delirium of unbridled passions.
The Sexual QuestionAugust Forel
He had followed a false lure that his own unbridled imagination had lit.
The Duke Of Chimney ButteG. W. Ogden
What a river it was now, this unbridled Salagua which had been their moat and rampart for so many years!
Hidden WaterDane Coolidge
What a terrible ordeal to a mind so untrained—to a temper so unbridled!
Roland CashelCharles James Lever
unbridled
- with all restraints removed
- (of a horse, etc) wearing no bridle
unbridle
- to remove the bridle from (a horse)
- to remove all controls or restraints from
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Word Origin and History for unbridled
adj.
late 14c., originally in figurative sense of "unrestrained, ungoverned," from un- (1) "not" + bridled (see bridle (v.)). Cf. Middle Dutch ongebreidelt. Literal sense of "not fitted with a bridle" (of horses) is not recorded before 1550s. The verb unbridle is attested from c.1400 in the literal sense; mid-15c. in the figurative sense.
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