UNBRIDLED

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unbridled mean? 

• UNBRIDLED (adjective)
  The adjective UNBRIDLED has 1 sense:

1. not restrained or controlled

  Familiarity information: UNBRIDLED used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNBRIDLED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not restrained or controlled

Synonyms:

unbridled; unchecked; uncurbed; ungoverned

Context example:

ungoverned rage

Similar:

unrestrained (not subject to restraint)

 Context examples 

And that's a worry, because unbridled microglial activity has been linked to brain diseases like Alzheimer's and other forms of neurodegeneration.

(Lack of Sleep Makes Brain to Literally Eat Itself, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

He opened his eyes, and into them came the unbridled anger of a kidnapped king.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

I was conscious, even when I took the draught, of a more unbridled, a more furious propensity to ill.

(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

My own spirits were high, and I bounded along with feelings of unbridled joy and hilarity.

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)