Sounds | way'ld | |
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Rhymes | beguiled ... Wilde: 14 rhymes with ayld... |
Meaning | marked by extreme / extreme lack of restraint or control. | |
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Narrower | chaotic, disorderly | Completely unordered and unpredictable and confusing / confusing |
delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained | marked by uncontrolled excitement or emotion | |
frenzied, manic | affected with or marked by frenzy or mania uncontrolled by reason | |
unsubdued | not brought under control | |
See also | unquiet | Characterized by unrest or disorder |
Opposite | tame | Very restrained or quiet |
Spanish | incontrolado | |
Nouns | wildness | an unruly disposition to do as one pleases |
Adverbs | wildly | to an extreme / extreme or greatly exaggerated degree |
Meaning | In a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated / cultivated. | |
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Synonym | untamed | |
Attribute of | wildness | An intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature |
Narrower | feral, ferine, savage | wild and menacing |
semi-wild | partially wild | |
unbroken | not subdued or trained for service or use | |
undomesticated | not domesticated | |
See also | intractable | not tractable |
Opposite | tame, tamed | Brought from wildness into a domesticated state |
Spanish | indomado, montaraz, salvaje, silvestre | |
Catalan | salvatge | |
Nouns | wild | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization |
wilderness | a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition | |
Adverbs | wild | in a wild or undomesticated manner |
Meaning | In a state of extreme / extreme emotion. | |
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Broader | passionate | Having or expressing strong emotions |
Spanish | desatado, ferviente, salvaje, violento | |
Catalan | fervent, salvatge, violent | |
Nouns | wildness | a feeling of extreme / extreme emotional intensity |
Adverbs | wildly | with violent and uncontrollable passion |
wildly | in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner |
Meaning | deviating widely from an intended course. | |
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Broader | uncontrolled | not being under control |
Meaning | (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud. | |
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Synonym | violent | |
Broader | intense | Possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree |
Nouns | wildness | the property of being wild or turbulent |
Meaning | Without a basis in reason or fact. | |
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Synonyms | baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted | |
Broader | unsupported | not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid |
Spanish | infundada, infundado | |
Catalan | immotivat, infundat |
Meaning | talking / talking / talking or behaving irrationally. | |
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Synonym | raving mad | |
Broader | insane | Afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement |
Spanish | chiflado, desequilibrado, desquiciado, loco | |
Catalan | boig, desequilibrat, trastocat |
Meaning | Involving risk or danger. | |
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Example | "a wild financial scheme" | |
Synonyms | hazardous, risky | |
Broader | dangerous, unsafe | Involving or causing danger or risk |
Spanish | arriesgado, aventurado, peligroso, riesgoso | |
Catalan | perillós |
Meaning | fanciful and unrealistic; foolish. | |
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Synonym | fantastic | |
Broader | unrealistic | not realistic |
Meaning | Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate. | |
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Synonyms | godforsaken, waste | |
Broader | inhospitable | unfavorable to life or growth |
Spanish | desértico, desierto, desolado | |
Catalan | abandonat, desert, desolat | |
Nouns | wilderness, wild | a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition |
Meaning | intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with. | |
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Synonyms | crazy, dotty, gaga | |
Broader | enthusiastic | Having or showing great excitement / excitement and interest |
Usage of | colloquialism | A colloquial expression |
Meaning | Without civilizing influences. | |
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Example | "wild tribes" | |
Synonyms | barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised | |
Broader | noncivilized, noncivilised | not having a high state of culture and social development |
Spanish | bárbara, bárbaro, incivilizado, salvaje | |
Catalan | bàrbar, incivilitzat, salvatge | |
Nouns | wild | a wild primitive state untouched by civilization |
wildness | an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature |
Meaning | (of the elements) as if showing violent anger. | |
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Synonyms | angry, furious, raging, tempestuous | |
Broader | stormy | (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms / storms or commotion |
Spanish | colérico, embravecido, enfurecido, furibundo, furioso, tempestuoso, tormentoso, violento | |
Catalan | colèric, furibund, furiós, tempestívol, tempestós, tempestuós, violent | |
Nouns | wildness | the property of being wild or turbulent |
Meaning | A wild primitive state untouched by civilization. | |
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Synonyms | natural state, state of nature | |
Narrower | crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness | A wild or unrefined state |
Broader | state | The way something is with respect to its main attributes |
Spanish | estado natural, estado salvaje, naturaleza, tierra virgen | |
Catalan | estat natural, estat salvatge, natura, terra verge | |
Adjectives | wild | in a natural state |
wild | without civilizing influences |
Meaning | A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition. | |
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Example | "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers" | |
Synonym | wilderness | |
Narrower | barren, waste, wasteland | An uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation |
bush | A large wilderness area | |
frontier | A wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country | |
Broader | geographical area, geographic area, geographical region, geographic region | A demarcated area of the Earth |
Spanish | desierto, naturaleza, yermo | |
Catalan | desert | |
Adjectives | wild | located in a dismal or remote area |
Meaning | In an uncontrolled and rampant manner. | |
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Synonym | rampantly |
Meaning | In a wild or undomesticated manner. | |
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Adjectives | wild | in a natural state |
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