wil·der·ness (w l d r-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. [Middle English, from Old English *wildd  ornes, probably from wilddor, wild beast : wilde, wild + dor, wild animal.] |
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]
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.
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| 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" |
| 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"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" |
wilderness
Translations
n wilderness [ˈwildənəs]
(a) desert or wild area of a country etc. wildernis قَفْر، بَريَّه пустош pustina, divočina ørken; ødemark die Wildnis ερημότοπος desierto, monte kõrb, kõnnumaa جنگلى autiomaa lieux sauvages שְּמָמָה रेगिस्तान या बंजर इलाका divljina vadon padang belantara óbyggð, öræfi, eyðimörk (regione selvaggia), (territorio incolto) 荒野 황야, 황무지 dykynė tuksnesīga/mežonīga vieta tanah gersang atau tidak berpenghuni wildernis ødemark, ørken; villmark pustynia, puszcza ermo regiuni/zone sălbatice дикая местность pustatina, divočina divjina divljina vildmark, ödemark บริเวณรกร้างว่างเปล่า yaban, vahşî arazi 荒野 пустеля; дика місцевість بیابان vùng hoang vu 荒野
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