unbridle

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verb

To remove the bridle, and other tack, from (a horse or other animal).

“If we unbridle our greed and lust we will be nothing but animals.”

Opposite
bridle
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Meanings

verbunbridle (third-person singular simple present unbridles, present participle unbridling, simple past and past participle unbridled)

present singular third person unbridles · participle present unbridling · participle past unbridled · past unbridled

  1. transitiveTo remove the bridle, and other tack, from (a horse or other animal).
  2. figurativelytransitiveTo remove restraint from.

    If we unbridle our greed and lust we will be nothing but animals.

Synonyms & antonyms

verbremove the bridle from (a horse or mule)

Opposite
bridle
Broader
get rid ofremovewaste

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From un- + bridle.

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Translations

Catalan desembridar, desbridar
  • desembridarTo remove the bridle
  • desbridarTo remove the bridle
  • desenfrenarTo remove restraint
Esperanto senbridigi
  • senbridigiTo remove the bridle
French débrider, débrider
  • débriderTo remove the bridle
  • débriderTo remove restraint
German abzäumen
  • abzäumenTo remove the bridle
Italian sfrenare
  • sfrenareTo remove restraint
Polish zdejmować uzdę, zdjąć uzdę
  • zdejmować uzdęTo remove the bridle
  • zdjąć uzdęTo remove the bridle
  • rozkiełznywaćTo remove the bridle
  • rozkiełznaćTo remove the bridle
  • rozkiełznywaćTo remove restraint
  • rozkiełznaćTo remove restraint
Russian разну́здывать, разнузда́ть
  • разну́здывать (raznúzdyvatʹ)To remove the bridle
  • разнузда́ть (raznuzdátʹ)To remove the bridle
  • разну́здывать (raznúzdyvatʹ)To remove restraint
  • разнузда́ть (raznuzdátʹ)To remove restraint
Ukrainian розгну́здувати, розгнузда́ти
  • розгну́здувати (rozhnúzduvaty)To remove the bridle
  • розгнузда́ти (rozhnuzdáty)To remove the bridle
  • розгну́здувати (rozhnúzduvaty)To remove restraint
  • розгнузда́ти (rozhnuzdáty)To remove restraint

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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APA

unbridle. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbridle

MLA

“unbridle.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbridle. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “unbridle,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/unbridle.

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