Tame
[adj] flat and uninspiring
[adj] very docile; "tame obedience"; "meek as a mouse"- Langston Hughes
[adj] brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
[adj] very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
[v] make less strong or intense; soften; "Tone down that aggressive letter"; "The author finally tamed some of his potentially offensive statements"
[v] correct by punishment or discipline
[v] make (animals) fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans; "The horse was domesticated a long time ago"; "The wolf was tamed and evolved into the house dog"
[v] overcome the wildness of (an animal); make docile and tractable; "He tames lions for the circus"; "reclaim falcons"
[v] adapt (a wild plant or unclaimed land) to the environment; "domesticate oats"; "tame the soil"
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Synonyms
broken, broken in, chasten, cultivate, cultivated, docile, domestic, domesticate, domesticated, gentle, meek, moderate, naturalise, naturalize, subdue, subdued, tamed, tone down, unexciting