noun ·2 syllables ·Moderate ·College level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The state or quality of being wild. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature wordnet
3. 3
   an unruly disposition to do as one pleases wordnet
4. 4
   the property of being wild or turbulent wordnet
5. 5
   a feeling of extreme emotional intensity wordnet

Synonyms

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abandonabsurdityagitationanimalitybarbarianismbarbarism

Antonyms

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;civilitydomesticationtameness

Example

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"Oleg kept disappearing in the wildness."

Etymology

From Middle English wildenes, wildenesse, equivalent to wild + -ness.

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