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Unrestrained

Definition: Unrestrained

Unrestrained

Adjective

1. Not subject to restraint; "unrestrained laughter".

2. Extravagant or extreme; "the inhumanity of his untempered principles"- M.S.Dworkin.

3. Marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion; "a crowd of delirious baseball fans"; "something frantic in their gaiety"; "a mad whirl of pleasure".

4. Richly and brilliantly colorful.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "unrestrained" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

 

Synonyms: Unrestrained

Synonyms: delirious (adj), excited (adj), flamboyant (adj), frantic (adj), mad (adj), resplendent (adj), uncontrolled (adj), untempered (adj). (additional references)
Antonym: restrained (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Unrestrained

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Facility

Unembarrassed, disburdened, unburdened, disencumbered, unencumbered, disembarrassed; exonerated; unloaded, unobstructed, untrammeled; unrestrained; (free); at ease, light.

Freedom

In full swing; uncaught, unconstrained, unbuttoned, unconfined, unrestrained, unchecked, unprevented, unhindered, unobstructed, unbound, uncontrolled, untrammeled.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Unrestrained

English words defined with "unrestrained": audaciousbarbaric, barefaced, Beast royal, blaze, bodacious, boisterousness, bold-faced, brassy, brazen, brazen-faced, burbling, burblycachinnate, counterblastdebauched, debauchee, degenerate, degraded, Disenchained, dissipated, dissoluteeasy, ebullient, effusion, effusive, emotional, excessive, extravagant, exuberantfast, Feast day, Free and easygush, gushing, gushyHell, high-spiritedinsolentlechery, libertine, licentious, light, loose, lyricismoutburst, overweeningprofligate, promiscuousrampant, revel, revelry, riotous, roisterer, rounderSaturnalianunrestrainedly, Unyokedwanton, wildly. (references)
Specialty definitions using "unrestrained": Foreign WordsRipailleSLANG. (references)

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Modern Usage: Unrestrained

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Angel, a monument to unholy carnality, and a cesspool of marital pollution, a shameless, brazen, bulldozing female prepared to humiliate, provoke, and tantalize, savagely seeking the tranquilizer of unrestrained fulfillment (Good Morning... and Goodbye!; writing credit: Jack Moran)

Movie/TV Titles

Unrestrained Youth (1925)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Unrestrained

DomainTitle

Books

  • The Unrestrained Fury of a Three-Minute Egg: A Book of Poetry (reference)

  • Thriving Up and Down the Free Market Food Chain: The Unrestrained Observations (And Advice of a Business Darwinist) (reference)

  • Unrestrained As the Wind: A Life Dedicated to Baha'U'Llah (reference)

  • Unrestrained Killings and the Law: A Comparative Analysis of the Laws of Provocation and Excessive Self-Defence in India, England and Australia) (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Dewayne Harvey and Unrestrained Praise: Keep Looking Up (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Photo Album: Unrestrained

ThumbnailDescription & Credit

History has proved and will continue to prove that the people's war is the most effective magic weapon in dealing with the American imperialist aggressor and it's lackeys ... The American imperialist charging everywhere like an unrestrained bull, will be. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Unrestrained

AuthorQuotation

Savage

When anger rushes, unrestrained, to action, like a hot steed, it stumbles in its way.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Unrestrained

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

To turn him loose to an unrestrained liberty, before he has reason to guide him, is not the allowing him the privilege of his nature to be free; but to thrust him out amongst brutes, and abandon him to a state as wretched, and as much beneath that of a man, as their's. (Second Treatise of Government)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Unrestrained

SubjectTopicQuote

Health

The term "cancer" refers to a group of diseases in which cells grow and spread unrestrained throughout the body. It is difficult to imagine anyone who has not heard about this disease. (references)

Civil Liberties

Albania

The Law on Fundamental Human Rights and Freedoms provides for freedom of speech and of the press and the media is active and unrestrained; however, there are serious, fundamental problems with the blatant use of the media for political purposes. (references)

Economic History

Bangladesh

If this trend continues unrestrained, it would have serious consequences for inflation, interest rates and exchange rates, and, therefore, the country's economic growth in future years. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Unrestrained

"Unrestrained" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Unrestrained" is used about 90 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)100%9034,744

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expressions: Unrestrained

Expressions using "unrestrained": flamboyant resplendent unrestrained he was very unrestrained unrestrained by. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Unrestrained

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

unrestrained

13

magazine unrestrained

5

asics shoes unrestrained wrestling

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Unrestrained

Language Translations for "unrestrained"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i shfrenuar (effusive, orgiastic, overpowering, rabid, rampant, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrolled), i papërmbajtur (demonstrative, ebullient, effuse, effusive, fiery, gushing, harum scarum, hot-blooded, hot-headed, Hotspur, immoderate, incontinent, intemperate, jazz, jazzy, lawless, out of hand, rampageous, rampant, unchecked, unconscionable, uncontained, uncontrollable, unreserved, wanton, wild), i papërmbajtshëm (irrepressible, irresistible, ungovernable, uninhibited). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏مفرط (exaggerated, excess, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, frightful, immoderate, intemperate, intolerable, overabundant, overmuch, overweening, super, superabundant, superfluous, superlative, too much, unconscionable, undue, unqualified, unreasonable), ‏متهور (audacious, blind, blindfold, blindfolded, brash, careless, daredevil, daredevilry, desperate, devil may care, excessive, extravagant, foolhardy, harum scarum, hasty, headlong, heady, heedless, hot-headed, immaterial, impetuous, impish, imprudent, impulsive, inconsiderate, light-headed, madcap, precipitate, precipitous, rash, reckless, slapdash, temerarious, too hasty, unwary), ‏متطرف (drastic, excessive, extravagant, extreme, extremist, immoderate, inordinate, intemperate, radical), ‏مستهتر (careless, gay, heedless, inconsiderate, irresponsible, licentious, light minded, loiterer, pleasure-seeking, reckless, thoughtless, uninhibited, wanton), ‏مطلق (absolute, categorical, complete, downright, free, full, infinite, liberator, outright, perfect, plenary, stark, ultimate, unbounded, unconditional, uncontrolled, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted, utter), ‏غير مقيد (unbound, unbounded), ‏غير محدود (bottomless, boundless, indefinite, infinite, plenary, unbounded, unlimited), ‏عفوي (casual, glib, spontaneous, unprompted). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

несдържан (bacchanal, incontinent, intemperate), невъзпрян (undeterred), невъздържан (incontinent, intemperate, licentious, red blooded, shrill, ungovernable, unmeasured, unreserved, unsubdued), необуздан (bacchanal, hot, intractable, lawless, mad, obstreperous, orgiastic, phrenetic, rambunctious, rampageous, rampant, riotous, tearaway, unbounded, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruled, vagrant, wanton, wild, zizzi). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

猖披 (wild), (free, inundate), (breaker, dissipated, wave), 限制 (unrestricted). (various references)

   

Czech

  

volný (clear, comfortable, for hire, free, lax, liberal, loose, open, slack, spare, svelte, unattached, unoccupied, vacant), nevázaný (boisterous, exuberant, hoity toity, licentious, ribald, rollicking, unbound, uninhibited), nespoutaný (fetterless, go-as-you-please, unbounded, unbridled, uninhibited), neomezený (boundless, endless, limitless, unbounded, unlimited, unqualified, unrestricted, untrammelled), bezuzdný (reinless, unbridled, wild), živelný (elemental). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

teugelloos (lawless, licentious, riotous, unchecked), ongelimiteerd (absolute), ongebreideld (lawless, licentious, riotous, unchecked), onbeperkt (absolute), bandeloos (lawless, licentious, riotous, unchecked). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

مطلق (Absolute, Abstract, Arbitrary, Autocratic, Downright, Free, Implicit, Positive, Sheer, Slick, Stark, Total, Unconditional, Utter), نامحدود (Indefinite, Indeterminable, Infinite, Unlimited, Unqualified, Wide), ازاد (Exempt, Free, Gratis, Immune, Loose, Open, Patent, Unattached), بی لجام , بی بندوبار (Loose, Profligate). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

hurja (frantic, furious, violent, wild), hillitön (ummanageable, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungovernable, unruly, wild), ehkäisemätön (unchecked). (various references)

   

French

  

non refréné, non continu, incontinent (ungoverned, unmastered), effréné (unbridled, unruly), débridé (unbridled, uncurbed, unhalted). (various references)

   

German

  

zügellos (debauched, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent, intemperate, lawless, licentious, riotous, unbridled, unchecked, uncurbed, undisciplined, ungovernable, unhalted), unbeherrscht (hot-headed, intemperate, short tempered, short-temperedly, uncontrolled, ungovernable, ungoverned, unmastered), unbändig (boisterous, enormous, irrepressible, lawless, licentious, riotous, unbridled, unchecked, uncontrollable, ungovernable, ungovernably, unruly, wild). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

ελεύθεροσ (free, quit), ακράτητοσ (furious, impetuous, irrepressible, rampant, resistless, uncontrolled, undeterred), ακάθεκτος (impetuous), ασυγκράτητοσ (impetuous). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לא מרוסן (unbridled), פרוץ (broken through, cracked, crushed, licentious, reckless). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

korlátozatlan (unobstructed, unrestricted), féktelen (boisterous, impetuous, lawless, licentious, madcap, obstreperous, rambunctious, rampageous, robustic, towering, turbulent, unbounded, unbridled, unruled, wanton). (various references)

   

Italian

  

sfrenato (dissolute, unbridled, uncontrolled, unruly, wanton, wild), sbrogliato (uncurbed, unhalted), licenzioso (debauched, dissipated, dissolute, frolicsome, indecent, lawless, licentious, loose, obscene, profligate, raffish, ribald, riotous, rollicking, unchecked, undisciplined, wanton, wild), dissoluto (debauched, dissolute, goatish, lawless, licentious, profligate, rakish, riotous, roue, unchecked). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

estrainedunray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

não reprimido (unchecked), não refreado, livre (bohemian, clear, disengaged, exempt, fetterless, floating, free, immune, independent, leisured, loose, masterless, off, quit, spare, spontaneous, unappropriated, unattached, unconstrained, unencumbered, unimpeded, unobstructed, unoccupied, untied, untrammelled). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

nestãpânit (abandoned, beyond control, boisterous, incontinent, insatiable, intemperate, irrepressible, unbroken, wayward), desfrânat (abandoned, bad, debauched, dissipated, dissolute, incontinent, lewd, lickerish, lustful, man of pleasure, meretricious, profligate, raffish, rake, rakish, reinless, reprobate, reveller, ribald, rioter, riotous, rip, ruttish, salacious, unchaste, unruly, wanton, whoremaster). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

несдержанный (demonstrative, expansive, incontinent, indiscreet, inordinate, intemperate, short tempered, short-tempered, unkept, unreserved). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

saor (a carpenter, carpenter, cheap, cheapen, deliver, easily, frank, free, gratuitous, redeem, rescue, save, set at liberty, wright). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

neumeren (immoderate, intemperate), neobuzdan (harum scarum, uncontrollable, uncontrolled, uncurbed, ungovernable, unmeasured, unyoked, wild), nekontrolisan (uncontrollable, uncontrolled). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

libertino (debauchee, lawless, libertine, licentious, profligate, promiscuous, rake, rakish, riotous, roue, tangle, unchecked, uncurbed, unhalted), desenfrenado (frantic, lawless, licentious, rampant, riotous, self indulgent, unbridled, unchecked, wanton, wild). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

otyglad (lawless, unbridled, uncontrolled). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

serbest (at large, at liberty, cavalier, disengaged, easy, exempt, fetterless, footloose, free, freehearted, freewheeling, go-as-you-please, in the clear, independent, latitudinarian, leisure, liberal, loose, open, permissive, quit, unattached, unbound, unchecked, unconfined, unconstrained, unencumbered, unengaged, unfettered, unhampered, unrestricted, unshackled, untrammelled), kontrolsüz (unbounded, unchecked, uncontrolled), frenlenmemiş. (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

нестриманий (abandoned, bestial, expansive, immoderate, incontinent, inordinate, outgiving, unchecked, unreserved, unsuppressed), невимушений (cavalier, chatty, easy, informal, laidback, natural, relaxed, there, unbuttoned, unstudied), необмежений (absolute, illimitable, indefinite, open, open ended, plenipotential, plenipotentiary, unbounded, unlimited). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

không bị nén lại, không bị kiềm chế (unattached, uncontrolled, unshackled), không bị dằn lại, được th lỏng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Unrestrained

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

effrenus, impunitus, inpunitus, licens, licentiosus, soluta, soluti, solutis, solutum, solutus. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations: Unrestrained

Derivations

Words beginning with "unrestrained": unrestrainedly, unrestrainedness, unrestrainednesses. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Unrestrained"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "unrestrained" (pronounced u'nrēstrā"nd)
8-r ē s t r ā" n drestrained.
6-s t r ā" n dconstrained, strained, unconstrained.
5-t r ā" n dretrained, trained, untrained.
4-r ā" n dbrained, craned, drained, grained, ingrained, rained, refrained, reigned, reined, sprained.
3-ā" n dabstained, arraigned, ascertained, attained, campaigned, caned, chained, complained, contained, detained, disdained, entertained, explained, feigned, gained, maintained, maned, obtained, ordained, pained, pertained, planed, preordained, regained, remained, retained, stained, sustained, unexplained, unstained, waned.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Unrestrained

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-n-r-r-s-t-u"

-2 letters: entrainers, indentures, irredentas, restrained, underrates, unreadiest, unsteadier, unstrained.

-3 letters: denatures, detainers, dreariest, entrained, entrainer, estuarine, indenters, indenture, indurates, instarred, intenders, intruders, inundates, irredenta, reinsured, renatured, renatures, resinated, retainers, retrained, reuniters, saturnine, sauntered, saunterer, tanneries, ternaries, treasured, turneries, undereats, underrate, unreadier, unstained, untrained.

-4 letters: adenines, andesite, aneurins, anserine, arenites, arrested, arsenide, arsenite, arteries, audients.

 Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-n-n-r-r-s-t-u"
 

+2 letters: unrestrainedly.

 

+3 letters: rudimentariness.

 

+4 letters: unrestrainedness.

 

+5 letters: rudimentarinesses.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Historic
9. Quotations: Non-fiction
10. Usage Frequency
11. Expressions
12. Expressions: Internet
13. Translations: Modern
14. Translations: Ancient
15. Derivations
16. Rhymes
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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