wild

wild  (wld)

adj. wild·er, wild·est

1. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed: wild geese; edible wild plants.

2. Not inhabited or farmed: remote, wild country.

3. Uncivilized or barbarous; savage.

4.

a. Lacking supervision or restraint: wild children living in the street.

b. Disorderly; unruly: a wild scene in the school cafeteria.

c. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious: recalled his wild youth with remorse.

5. Lacking regular order or arrangment; disarranged: wild locks of long hair.

6. Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion: wild with jealousy; a wild look in his eye; a wild rage.

7. Extravagant; fantastic: a wild idea.

8. Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy: wild weather.

9. Risky; imprudent: wild financial schemes.

10.

a. Impatiently eager: wild to get away for the weekend.

b. Informal Highly enthusiastic: just wild about the new music.

11. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded: wild accusations; a wild guess.

12. Deviating greatly from an intended course; erratic: a wild bullet.

13. Games Having an equivalence or value determined by the cardholder's choice: playing poker with deuces wild.

adv.

In a wild manner: growing wild; roaming wild.

n.

1. A natural or undomesticated state: returned the zoo animals to the wild; plants that grow abundantly in the wild.

2. An uninhabited or uncultivated region. Often used in the plural: the wilds of the northern steppes.

intr.v. wild·ed, wild·ing, wilds Slang

To go about in a group threatening, robbing, or attacking others: "Police said that the youngsters ... were part of a larger group of teenagers who were 'wilding,'their slang for terrorizing and bullying" Maclean's.

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[Middle English wilde, from Old English.]

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wildly adv.

wildness n.

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wild

Adjective

1. (of animals or birds) living in natural surroundings; not domesticated or tame

2. (of plants) growing in a natural state; not cultivated

3. uninhabited and desolate: wild country

4. living in a savage or uncivilized way: a wild mountain man

5. lacking restraint or control: a wild party

6. stormy or violent: a wild windy October morning

7. in a state of extreme emotional intensity: wild with excitement

8. without reason or substance: wild accusations

9. wild about Informal very enthusiastic about: his colleagues aren't all that wild about him

Adverb

run wild to behave without restraint: she was allowed to run completely wild

Noun

1. the wild a free natural state of living: creatures of the wild

2. the wilds a desolate or uninhabited region: the wilds of Africa [Old English wilde]

wildly adv
wildness n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wild - a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild" natural state, state of nature state - the way something is with respect to its main attributes; "the current state of knowledge"; "his state of health"; "in a weak financial state" crudeness, crudity, primitiveness, primitivism, rudeness - a wild or unrefined state
	2.	wild - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers" wilderness barren, wasteland, waste - an uninhabited wilderness that is worthless for cultivation; "the barrens of central Africa"; "the trackless wastes of the desert" bush - a large wilderness area frontier - a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country; "the individualism of the frontier in Andrew Jackson's day" geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region - a demarcated area of the Earth
Adj.	1.	wild - marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild talk"; "wild parties" unquiet - characterized by unrest or disorder; "unquiet days of riots"; "following the assassination of Martin Luter King ours was an unquiet nation"; "spent an unquiet night tossing and turning" tame - very restrained or quiet; "a tame Christmas party"; "she was one of the tamest and most abject creatures imaginable with no will or power to act but as directed"
	2.	wild - in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants" untamed intractable - not tractable; difficult to manage or mold; "an intractable disposition"; "intractable pain"; "the most intractable issue of our era"; "intractable metal" tamed, tame - brought from wildness into a domesticated state; "tame animals"; "fields of tame blueberries"
	3.	wild - in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief" passionate - having or expressing strong emotions
	4.	wild - deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch" uncontrolled - not being under control; out of control; "the greatest uncontrolled health problem is AIDS"; "uncontrolled growth"
	5.	wild - (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts" violent intense - possessing or displaying a distinctive feature to a heightened degree; "intense heat"; "intense anxiety"; "intense desire"; "intense emotion"; "the skunk's intense acrid odor"; "intense pain"; "enemy fire was intense"
	6.	wild - without a basis in reason or fact; "baseless gossip"; "the allegations proved groundless"; "idle fears"; "unfounded suspicions"; "unwarranted jealousy" baseless, groundless, unfounded, unwarranted, idle unsupported - not sustained or maintained by nonmaterial aid; "unsupported accusations"
	7.	wild - talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" raving mad insane - afflicted with or characteristic of mental derangement; "was declared insane"; "insane laughter"
	8.	wild - involving risk or danger; "skydiving is a hazardous sport"; "extremely risky going out in the tide and fog"; "a wild financial scheme" hazardous, risky dangerous, unsafe - involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm; "a dangerous criminal"; "a dangerous bridge"; "unemployment reached dangerous proportions"
	9.	wild - fanciful and unrealistic; foolish; "a fantastic idea of his own importance" fantastic unrealistic - not realistic; "unrealistic expectations"; "prices at unrealistic high levels"
	10.	wild - located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places" godforsaken, waste inhospitable - unfavorable to life or growth; "the barren inhospitable desert"; "inhospitable mountain areas"
	11.	wild - intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with; "crazy about cars and racing"; "he is potty about her" dotty, gaga, crazy colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech enthusiastic - having or showing great excitement and interest; "enthusiastic crowds filled the streets"; "an enthusiastic response"; "was enthusiastic about taking ballet lessons"
	12.	wild - without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, savage noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development
	13.	wild - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" angry, tempestuous, furious, raging stormy - (especially of weather) affected or characterized by storms or commotion; "a stormy day"; "wide and stormy seas"
Adv.	1.	wild - in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here" rampantly
	2.	wild - in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild"

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wild

adjective 1. untamed, fierce, savage, ferocious, unbroken, feral, undomesticated, free, warrigal Austral. (literary) << OPPOSITE tame

adjective 2. uncultivated, natural, native, indigenous << OPPOSITE cultivated

adjective 3. desolate, empty, desert, deserted, virgin, lonely, uninhabited, godforsaken, uncultivated, uncivilized, trackless, unpopulated << OPPOSITE inhabited

adjective 4. stormy, violent, rough, intense, raging, furious, howling, choppy, tempestuous, blustery

adjective 5. excited, mad (informal) crazy (informal) eager, nuts (slang) enthusiastic, raving, frantic, daft (informal) frenzied, hysterical, avid, potty Brit. (informal) delirious, agog << OPPOSITE unenthusiastic

adjective 6. uncontrolled, violent, rough, disorderly, noisy, chaotic, turbulent, wayward, unruly, rowdy, boisterous, lawless, unfettered, unbridled, riotous, unrestrained, unmanageable, impetuous, undisciplined, ungovernable, self-willed, uproarious << OPPOSITE calm

7. mad, (informal) furious, fuming, infuriated, incensed, enraged, very angry, irate, livid (informal) in a rage, on the warpath (informal) hot under the collar (informal) beside yourself, tooshie Austral. (slang) off the air Austral. (slang)

adjective 8. outrageous, fantastic, foolish, rash, extravagant, reckless, preposterous, giddy, madcap, foolhardy, flighty, ill-considered, imprudent, impracticable << OPPOSITE practical

adjective 9. dishevelled, disordered, untidy, unkempt, tousled, straggly, windblown, daggy Austral., N.Z. (informal)

10. passionate, mad (informal) ardent, fervent, zealous, fervid

adjective 11. uncivilized, fierce, savage, primitive, rude, ferocious, barbaric, brutish, barbarous << OPPOSITE civilized >> the wilds wilderness, desert, wasteland, middle of nowhere (informal) backwoods, back of beyond (informal) uninhabited area run wild

12. grow unchecked, spread, ramble, straggle

13. go on the rampage, stray, rampage, run riot, cut loose, run free, kick over the traces, be undisciplined, abandon all restraint

Translations

wild [waɪld] adj [animal] → salvaje; [plant] → silvestre (= rough); furioso, violento; [idea] → descabellado;

(col) (= angry); furioso

n the wild → la naturaleza;

wilds npl → regiones fpl salvajes; tierras fpl vírgenes;

to be wild about (= enthusiastic) → estar or andar loco por;

in its wild state → en estado salvaje

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wild [waɪld] adj → sauvage; [sea] → déchaîné(e); [idea, life] → fou(folle); [behaviour] → déchaîné(e) → extravagant(e);

(inf) (= angry); hors de soi, furieux/euse: (= enthusiastic);

to be wild about → être fou(folle) or dingue de n the wild → la nature;

wilds npl → régions fpl sauvages

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wild [waɪld] adj → wild (= weather); rau, stürmisch; [person, behaviour] → ungestüm; [idea] → weit hergeholt; [applause] → stürmisch

n the wild (natural surroundings) → die freie Natur f;

the wilds npl → die Wildnis;

I'm not wild about it → ich bin nicht versessen or scharf darauf

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wild [waɪld] adj [animal, plant] → selvatico/a; [countryside, appearance] → selvaggio/a; [sea] → tempestoso/a; [idea, life] → folle;

(col) (= angry); arrabbiato/a, furibondo/a (= enthusiastic): to be wild about → andar pazzo/a per

n the wild → la natura;

wilds npl → regione f selvaggia