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Adjective: wild (wilder,wildest) wI(-u)ld- In a natural state; not tamed, domesticated or cultivated
"edible wild plants"; "wild geese"; - untamed - Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
"wild talk"; "wild parties" - In a state of extreme emotion
"wild with anger"; "wild with grief" - Deviating widely from an intended course
"a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch" - (of colours or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
"wild colours"; "wild shouts"; - violent - Without a basis in reason or fact
"wild gossip"; - baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted - Talking or behaving irrationally
- raving mad, raving - Involving risk or danger
"a wild financial scheme"; - hazardous, risky - Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
"a wild idea of his own importance"; - fantastic - Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
"a wild stretch of land"; - godforsaken, waste - Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
"wild about cars and racing"; - crazy, dotty [informal], gaga [informal] - Without civilizing influences
"wild tribes"; - barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit] - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
"wild clouds on the horizon"; - angry, furious, raging, tempestuous Noun: wild wI(-u)ld- A wild primitive state untouched by civilization
"he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"; - natural state, state of nature - A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- wilderness Adverb: wild wI(-u)ld- In an uncontrolled and rampant manner
"weeds grew wild around here"; - rampantly - In a wild or undomesticated manner
"growing wild"; "roaming wild"
Sounds like: wield, wheeled, wild, whiled Derived forms: wilds, wildest, wilder See also: chaotic, dangerous, delirious, disorderly, enthusiastic, excited, feral, ferine, frantic, frenzied, inhospitable, insane, intense, intractable, keen, mad, manic, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, passionate, procellous [archaic], savage, semi-wild, stormy, unbroken, uncontrolled, undomesticated, unquiet, unrealistic, unrestrained, unsafe, unsubdued, unsupported, wildness Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, state Antonym: tame Encyclopedia: Wild, Richard |