wilderness

wil·der·ness  (wldr-ns)

n.

1. An unsettled, uncultivated region left in its natural condition, especially:

a. A large wild tract of land covered with dense vegetation or forests.

b. An extensive area, such as a desert or ocean, that is barren or empty; a waste.

c. A piece of land set aside to grow wild.

2. Something characterized by bewildering vastness, perilousness, or unchecked profusion: the wilderness of the city; the wilderness of counterespionage; a wilderness of voices.

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[Middle English, from Old English *wilddornes, probably from wilddor, wild beast : wilde, wild + dor, wild animal.]

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wilderness

Noun

1. a wild uninhabited uncultivated region

2. a confused mass or tangle: a wilderness of long grass and wild flowers

3. a state of being no longer in a prominent position: a long spell in the political wilderness [Old English wildēornes, from wildēor wild beast]

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Wilderness a mingled confusion; a large number of people, animals, or things, 1588.

Examples: wilderness of interminable air, 1821; of books, 1868; of more rare conceits, 1824; of enquiry, 1664; of faults or follies, 1775; of masts on the rivers, 1857; of monkeys, 1596; of sea, 1588; of steeples, 1857; of tigers, 1588; of trees, 1613; of waves, 1865; of wretches, 1616.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	wilderness - (politics) a state of disfavor; "he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness" political relation, politics - social relations involving intrigue to gain authority or power; "office politics is often counterproductive" disfavor, disfavour - the state of being out of favor; "he is in disfavor with the king"
	2.	Wilderness - a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, VA, Virginia - a state in the eastern United States; one of the original 13 colonies; one of the Confederate States in the American Civil War
	3.	wilderness - a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition; "it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers" wild 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
	4.	wilderness - a bewildering profusion; "the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups"; "a wilderness of masts in the harbor" profuseness, profusion, richness, cornucopia - the property of being extremely abundant; "the profusion of detail"; "the idiomatic richness of English"

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wilderness

noun 1. wilds, waste, desert, wasteland, uncultivated region

noun 2. tangle, confusion, maze, muddle, clutter, jumble, welter, congeries, confused mass

Translations

wilderness [ˈwɪldənɪs] n → desierto (= jungle); jungla

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wilderness [ˈwɪldənɪs] wild n → désert m, région f sauvage

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wilderness [ˈwɪldənɪs] wild n → Wildnis f

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wilderness [ˈwɪldənɪs] n → deserto