feral vs tame

feral

adj
  • Of an animal, being wild but descended from domestic or captive animals. 

  • Internet slang. Engrossed by a certain thought or behavior. 

  • Of or pertaining to the dead, funereal. 

  • Wild, untamed. 

  • Contemptible, unruly, misbehaved. 

  • Deadly, fatal. 

noun
  • A domesticated animal that has returned to the wild; an animal, particularly a domesticated animal, living independently of humans. 

  • A person who has isolated themselves from the outside world; one living an alternative lifestyle. 

  • A contemptible young person, a lout, a person who behaves wildly. 

  • A character in furry art or literature which has the physical characteristics (body) of a regular animal (typically quadripedal), that may or may not be able to communicate with humans or anthros (contrasts anthro) 

tame

adj
  • Not or no longer wild; domesticated. 

  • Crushed; subdued; depressed; spiritless. 

  • Mild and well-behaved; accustomed to human contact. 

  • Of a person, well-behaved; not radical or extreme. 

  • Capable of being represented as a finite closed polygonal chain. 

  • Not exciting. 

verb
  • To make gentle or meek. 

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

  • To become tame or domesticated. 

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