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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