Adjective
unbridled (comparative more unbridled, superlative most unbridled)
- Not fitted with a bridle.
an unbridled horse
- (by extension) Without restraint or limit.
unbridled capitalism
She jumped into the project with unbridled enthusiasm.
1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC:The doctor now interposed, and prevented the effects of a wrath which was kindling between Jones and Thwackum; after which the former gave a loose to mirth, sang two or three amorous songs, and fell into every frantic disorder which unbridled joy is apt to inspire […]
1938, Norman Lindsay, Age of Consent, 1st Australian edition, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, published 1962, →OCLC, page 128:In a very precise voice, Miss Marley said to Jasper, "No, Jasper, I would never submit myself to the unbridled transports of passion."
1962 March, J. M. Tolson, “The Netherlands Railways today—I: The economic development of the Netherlands Railways”, in Modern Railways, page 170:Unbridled competition between the different means of transport is eliminated by a licensing system, to which all transport concerns, whether by land or water, are subjected for both regular and occasional transport.
2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 131:His contempt was totally unbridled, as though my goal was a personal affront to him and all humanity.
Translations
not fitted with a bridle
- Armenian: սանձարձակ (hy) (sanjarjak)
- Azerbaijani: yüyənsiz
- Bulgarian: без юзда (bez juzda)
- French: débridé (fr) m
- German: ungezäumt
- Greek:
- Ancient: ἀχάλινος (akhálinos), ἀχαλίνωτος (akhalínōtos)
- Latin: effrenatus m
- Russian: разну́зданный (ru) (raznúzdannyj)
- Welsh: di-ffrwyn
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without restraint or limit