Antonyms for tameness

Grammar : Noun

Spell : teym

Phonetic Transcription : teɪm

Definition of tameness

Origin : Old English tom, tam "domesticated, docile," from Proto-Germanic *tamaz (cf. Old Norse tamr, Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Middle Low German, Middle Dutch tam, Old High German zam, German zahm "tame," Gothic tamjan "to tame"), from PIE *deme- "to constrain, to force, to break (horses)" (cf. Sanskrit damayati "tames;" Persian dam "a tame animal;" Greek daman "to tame, subdue," dmetos "tame;" Latin domare "to tame, subdue;" Old Irish damnaim "I tie up, fasten, I tame, subdue"). Possible ulterior connection with PIE *dem- "house, household" (see domestic). Meaning "spiritless, weak, dull" is recorded from c.1600.

As in obedience : noun good behavior; submissiveness
As in gentleness : noun docility
As in submissiveness : noun obedience
As in tractability : noun obedience
As in tractableness : noun obedience

Example sentences :

This tameness is not in keeping with the rest of his character.
Extract from : « The Witch-cult in Western Europe » by Margaret Alice Murray

I was impressed anew with the tameness of the Concord landscape.
Extract from : « Four Americans » by Henry A. Beers

Could anything change the leopard West into the tameness and serenity of the ox?
Extract from : « Cavanagh: Forest Ranger » by Hamlin Garland

There is great stiffness and tameness in the matter in many places.
Extract from : « Notes and Queries, Number 71, March 8, 1851 » by Various

But what struck me most in Joshua's domain was the quantity and the tameness of the game.
Extract from : « Red Gauntlet » by Sir Walter Scott

The tameness of the bulls is referred to in the proverb “As mild as a Gangeddu.”
Extract from : « Castes and Tribes of Southern India » by Edgar Thurston

Their tameness, like that of the “fowl and the brute,” is shocking to see.
Extract from : « A Pilgrimage to Nejd, Vol. 2 [of 2] » by Anne Blunt

They scoffed at the tameness with which their insolence was endured.
Extract from : « Pabo, The Priest » by Sabine Baring-Gould

As for Patrick's bird, he bought him for his tameness, and is grown the wildest I ever saw.
Extract from : « The Journal to Stella » by Jonathan Swift

But much has been done by art to improve the tameness of nature.
Extract from : « Argentina » by W. A. Hirst

Synonyms for tameness

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