UNDOCILE Synonyms: 34 Similar and Opposite Words

undocile

adjective

Definition of undocile

as in uncontrolled

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Adjective

Their venom disrupts blood clotting and can cause uncontrolled bleeding, shock, kidney damage, and organ failure.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 6 Aug. 2026
While adding a tiny amount of salt to your coffee is generally safe, people on a low-salt diet or those with uncontrolled high blood pressure should consult a healthcare provider to see if this is a wise choice for them.

— Megan Nunn, Verywell Health, 6 Aug. 2026

Definition of uncontrolled

Adjective

The untrained artist began drawing only in her seventies, but her still lifes, often made after dark with humble materials like everyday markers and ballpoint pen, bristle with energy.

— Brian Boucher, ARTnews.com, 22 July 2026
In 2010, a man in Florida swerved to avoid an animal in the roadway, striking a guardrail maintained by untrained prison inmates.

— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 20 July 2026

Definition of untrained

Adjective

The length of the continent’s interior, unbroken by mountains or oceans, allows the monarchs to find the right weather and plants throughout the year—a Goldilocks ecology, neither too hot nor too cold.

— Vann R. Newkirk II, The Atlantic, 28 July 2026
Zendaya wore a thin ribbon of vibrant red all the way around her eye, hugging the upper lash line and coating her lower waterline, staying unbroken at the inner corner.

— Marci Robin, Allure, 20 July 2026

Definition of unbroken

Adjective

Golf star Charley Hull pulled off a savage prank on her caddie, Adam Woodward, earlier in the week, and some people were upset about it.

— Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 31 July 2026
The Yellow Death has disfigured the population, and soldiers in white-and-red tunics serve the savage Duke of Tviot.

— Dan Piepenbring, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026

Definition of savage

Adjective

On the island’s northeastern coast, Anassa embraces its untamed landscape with a design that feels rooted in its surroundings.

— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 29 July 2026
Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry Retired Texas Rangers Augustus McCrae and Woodrow Call leave the quiet town of Lonesome Dove, Texas, to embark on a dangerous cattle drive across the untamed American frontier to Montana.

— Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 24 July 2026

Definition of untamed

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