WILDNESS

wildness

(noun) an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature

wildness

(noun) an unruly disposition to do as one pleases; “Liza had always had a tendency to wildness”; “the element of wildness in his behavior was a protest against repressive convention”

ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness

(noun) the property of being wild or turbulent; “the storm’s violence”

wildness, abandon

(noun) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; “the wildness of his anger”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

wildness (countable and uncountable, plural wildnesses)

the quality of being wild or untamed

Anagrams

• Swindles, swindles, windless

Source: Wiktionary


Wild"ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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