Meaning of wild in English
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Classifying Adjective
wildDefinitions
1. in a state of extreme emotionExamples
- « wild with anger »
- « wild with grief »
Synonyms
- 2. deviating widely from an intended course
Examples
- « a wild bullet »
- « a wild pitch »
Synonyms
- 3. (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
Examples
- « a violent clash of colors »
- « her dress was a violent red »
- « a violent noise »
- « wild colors »
- « wild shouts »
Synonyms
- 4. not subjected to control or restraint
Examples
- « a piano played with a wild exuberance- Louis Bromfield »
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- 5. talking or behaving irrationally
Examples
- « a raving lunatic »
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- 6. produced without being planted or without human labor
Examples
- « wild strawberries »
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- 7. located in a dismal or remote area
Examples
- « desolate »
- « a desert island »
- « a godforsaken wilderness crossroads »
- « a wild stretch of land »
- « waste places »
Synonyms
- 8. without civilizing influences
Examples
- « barbarian invaders »
- « barbaric practices »
- « a savage people »
- « fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient-Margaret Meade »
- « wild tribes »
Synonyms
- 9. (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
Examples
- « angry clouds on the horizon »
- « furious winds »
- « the raging sea »
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Adverb
wildDefinitions
1. in an uncontrolled and rampant mannerExamples
- « weeds grew rampantly around here »
- 2. in a wild or undomesticated manner
Examples
- « growing wild »
- « roaming wild »
Noun
wildDefinitions
1. a wild primitive state untouched by civilizationExamples
- « he lived in the wild »
- 2. a wild and uninhabited area
Qualitative Adjective
wildEtymology
Old English wilde, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch and German wildDefinitions
1. marked by extreme lack of restraint or controlExamples
- « wild ideas »
- « wild talk »
- « wild originality »
- « wild parties »
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Antonyms
- 2. in a natural state
Examples
- « not tamed or domesticated or cultivated »
- « wild geese »
- « edible wild plants »
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Antonyms
Famous quotes
- « The real 1960s began on the afternoon of November 22, 1963. It came to seem that Kennedy's murder opened some malign trap door in American culture, and the wild bats flapped out. » Lance Morrow
- « Courage without conscience is a wild beast. » Robert Green Ingersoll
- « Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out. » Francis Bacon
- « We were then in a dangerous, helpless situation, exposed daily to perils and death amongst savages and wild beasts, not a white man in the country but ourselves. » Daniel Boone
- « We live in the mind, in ideas, in fragments. We no longer drink in the wild outer music of the streets - we remember only. » Henry Miller