unsubdued

adjective

Definition of unsubduednext
1
as in uncontrolled

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2
as in unconquered

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3
as in impudent

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for unsubdued
  1. uncontrolled
  2. unconquered
  3. impudent
  4. untamed
  5. unconquerable
  6. insolent
  7. savage
  8. indomitable
Adjective
  • If that isn’t enough plot, the lives of these characters become even more chaotic, violent, and ultimately tragic thanks to Emilia’s uncontrolled and selfish impulses.
    Kyndall Cunningham, Vox, 6 Jan. 2025
  • Most commercial rat baits contain either anticoagulants, which cause uncontrolled internal bleeding, or neurotoxins, which cause seizures and make an animal unable to control its limbs.
    Andy Newman, New York Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of uncontrolled
Adjective
  • No canvas has been left un-kitchen-magnetized, no sector of pop culture remains unconquered.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 16 Sep. 2024
  • Two Shawnee brothers set up the headquarters for a burgeoning anti-American movement in the unconquered territory along the Wabash River.
    Boyce Upholt, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 June 2024
Definition of unconquered
Adjective
  • More specifically, the impudent Skull Kid steals the Ocarina of Time and turns Link into a Deku Scrub, those antagonistic tree cannons first introduced in Ocarina.
    Ashley Bardhan, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2024
  • In short, Moscow sees Montenegro as both strategically valuable and an impudent upstart that has thumbed its nose at the Russian bear while genuflecting before NATO and Washington.
    Edward P. Joseph, Foreign Affairs, 22 Dec. 2016
Definition of impudent
Adjective
  • This wild and untamed online reaction displays an interesting side of the internet and meme culture, one that can actually assist people in comprehending and dealing with global events.
    Callum Booth, Forbes, 8 Jan. 2025
  • Yet for all its refined elegance, the wilderness remains untamed.
    Christine Chitnis, Vogue, 8 Jan. 2025
Definition of untamed
Adjective
  • Even the most vulnerable patrons of an unforgiving desert can confront tribulation with the command of unconquerable spirits.
    Yahya Salem, CNN, 6 Aug. 2024
  • By contrast, the Tibetan language, which has nothing in common with Mandarin, remains doggedly unconquerable; unlike other aspects of Tibetan life, it has not been tamed, co-opted, or Sinicized.
    Tenzin Dorjee, Foreign Affairs, 28 Nov. 2023
Definition of unconquerable
Adjective
  • The officers weren't rude, angry, or insolent — as required of a battery conviction — and used their training and legal authority to do their jobs.
    Ryan Murphy, The Indianapolis Star, 2 Dec. 2024
  • Her subversive and dominating personality, and sometimes insolent rhetoric in her active X presence set her apart from the likes of other female AI chatbots, such as Siri whose aim is to assist and serve.
    Fatemeh Fannizadeh, Forbes, 18 Oct. 2024
Definition of insolent
Adjective
  • The 2023 grand marshal is former Arizona Democratic congresswoman Gabby Giffords, gravely wounded in a savage mass shooting in 2011 that also killed six people.
    Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 27 Dec. 2022
  • As savage Arctic cold was getting ready to surge south across North America, vivid imagery based on data from weather models showed us what was going to happen.
    Tom Yulsman, Discover Magazine, 27 Dec. 2022
Definition of savage
Adjective
  • Those who thrive in new environments do so by maintaining an indomitable spirit in the face of challenges.
    Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Jackie Farry’s legacy is one of love, laughter and an indomitable spirit.
    Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 13 Jan. 2025
Definition of indomitable
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unstylish

unsubdued

unsubstantial

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