Tame

/teɪm/

verb

  1. To make (an animal) tame; to domesticate.

    He tamed the wild horse.

  2. To become tame or domesticated.

  3. To make gentle or meek.

    to tame a rebellion

adjective

  1. Not or no longer wild; domesticated

    They have a tame wildcat.

  2. (chiefly of animals) Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact

    The lion was quite tame.

  3. Not exciting.

    For a thriller, that film was really tame.

Synonyms: dull, flat, insipid, unexciting, gentle

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