ALL meanings of wildness
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W w - adjective wildness living in a state of nature; not tamed or domesticated: a wild animal; wild geese. 1
- adjective wildness growing or produced without cultivation or the care of humans, as plants, flowers, fruit, or honey: wild cherries. 1
- adjective wildness uncultivated, uninhabited, or waste: wild country. 1
- noun wildness lack of domestication 1
- adjective wildness uncivilized or barbarous: wild tribes. 1
- noun wildness outrageousness, outlandishness 1
- adjective wildness of unrestrained violence, fury, intensity, etc.; violent; furious: wild strife; wild storms. 1
- noun wildness unruly behaviour 1
- adjective wildness characterized by or indicating violent feelings or excitement, as actions or a person's appearance: wild cries; a wild look. 1
- adjective wildness frantic or distracted; crazy: to drive someone wild. 1
- adjective wildness violently or uncontrollably affected: wild with rage; wild with pain. 1
- adjective wildness undisciplined, unruly, or lawless: a gang of wild boys. 1
- adjective wildness unrestrained, untrammeled, or unbridled: wild enthusiasm. 1
- adjective wildness disregardful of moral restraints as to pleasurable indulgence: He repented his wild youth. 1
- adjective wildness unrestrained by reason or prudence: wild schemes. 1
- adjective wildness amazing or incredible: Isn't that wild about Bill getting booted out of the club? 1
- adjective wildness disorderly or disheveled: wild hair. 1
- adjective wildness wide of the mark: He scored on a wild throw. 1
- adjective wildness Informal. intensely eager or enthusiastic: wild to get started; wild about the new styles. 1
- adjective wildness Cards. (of a card) having its value decided by the wishes of the players. 1
- adjective wildness Metallurgy. (of molten metal) generating large amounts of gas during cooling, so as to cause violent bubbling. 1
- adverb wildness in a wild manner; wildly. 1
- noun wildness Often, wilds. an uncultivated, uninhabited, or desolate region or tract; waste; wilderness; desert: a cabin in the wild; a safari to the wilds of Africa. 1
- verb with object wildness to travel around as a group, attacking or assaulting (people) in a random and violent way: The man was wilded and left for dead. 1
- idioms wildness blow wild, (of an oil or gas well) to spout in an uncontrolled way, as in a blowout. Compare blowout (def 4). 1
- idioms wildness in the wild, in a natural state or in the wilderness. in the real world; in real life: language learning in the classroom and in the wild. 1
- idioms wildness run wild, to grow unchecked: The rambler roses are running wild. to show lack of restraint or control: Those children are allowed to run wild. 1
- noun wildness The quality of being wild or untamed. 1