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Antonyms for taming

Grammar : Verb
Spell : teym
Phonetic Transcription : teɪm

Definition of taming

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.
  • verb domesticate, make compliant
Example sentences :
  • In all his experience no one had ever succeeded in taming him so completely—and in so brief a time.
  • Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
  • Is there not a certain glow of triumph in taming such a fraction?
  • Extract from : « A Tangled Tale » by Lewis Carroll
  • The jade had to come to him, at last, completely subdued, as in the “Taming of the Shrew.”
  • Extract from : « Blood and Iron » by John Hubert Greusel
  • "Sixty Philips will I pay for the joy of taming that wild cat," said he.
  • Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini
  • Just, however, as he was taming to enter the house, Mr Jarman came up.
  • Extract from : « Tom, Dick and Harry » by Talbot Baines Reed
  • Why of Shakspeare, in his Taming of the Shrew, and elsewhere?
  • Extract from : « Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History » by Thomas Carlyle
  • We will escape all in good time if we don't succeed in taming the bear.
  • Extract from : « Jewel » by Clara Louise Burnham
  • And the time had gone by when he would have enjoyed the taming of a girl.
  • Extract from : « Long Live the King » by Mary Roberts Rinehart
  • Even on Earth, when the taming had been done, they moved on.
  • Extract from : « Eight Keys to Eden » by Mark Irvin Clifton
  • You are taming me; and if he leaves me to you I may be more dutiful when he comes back.
  • Extract from : « Heartsease » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Synonyms for taming

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