wildly

wild

 (wīld)

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.

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 arrangement; 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. often wilds A region that is mostly uninhabited or uncultivated: the wilds of the northern steppes.

intr.v. wild·ed, wild·ing, wilds

To go about in a group threatening, robbing, or attacking others.

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[Middle English wilde, from Old English.]

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wild′ly adv.

wild′ness n.

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Thesaurus

Adv.	1.	wildly - to an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree; "the storyline is wildly unrealistic"
	2.	wildly - in an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner; "He gesticulated wildly"
	3.	wildly - with violent and uncontrollable passion; "attacked wildly, slashing and stabbing over and over"

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Translations

بِوَحْشِيَّه

vildt

wild

furiosamentelocamentesalvajemente

sauvagement

brjálæîislega

del tuttoselvaggiamente

çılgıncavahşîce

狂暴地

wildly

[ˈwaɪldlɪ] ADV

1. (= ecstatically) [shout] → como loco; [applaud] → a rabiar, como loco
the Democrats were cheering wildly for their nominee → los demócratas vitoreaban como locos a su candidato nominado

2. (= frantically) [stare, look] → con cara de espanto; [gesture] → como loco, violentamente
the driver was gesticulating wildly → el conductor gesticulaba como loco or violentamente

3. (= violently) [hit out, throw] → violentamente, como loco

4. (= crazily, rashly) [guess] → sin pensarlo mucho; [promise] → en un arrebato; [exaggerated] → muy

5. (= haphazardly) [shoot] → a lo loco, a tontas y a locas; [fluctuate, vary] → muchísimo

6. (= extremely) wildly happy/enthusiastic → loco de felicidad/entusiasmo
Naomi was wildly jealous of her sister → Naomi sentía unos celos locos de su hermana
a wildly improbable story → una historia disparatadísima
a wildly inaccurate estimate → un cálculo que dista/distaba muchísimo de la realidad

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

wildly

[ˈwaɪldli] adv

(= energetically) [applaud, cheer] → frénétiquement; [wave, gesticulate] → frénétiquement
The audience applauded wildly → Le public applaudit frénétiquement.

(= at random) [hit, grab] → frénétiquement
He hit out wildly at his captors → Il se débattait frénétiquement contre ses ravisseurs.
She splashed about wildly, trying to reach the edge of the pool → Elle battait des bras frénétiquement, essayant d'atteindre le bord de la piscine.

(used for emphasis) [happy, optimistic] → follement
The government's forecasts are wildly optimistic → Les prévisions du gouvernement sont follement optimistes.
wildly successful → qui rencontre un succès fou
a wildly successful choreographer → un chorégraphe qui rencontre un succès fou
wildly popular → immensément populaire

(= to a great degree) [different] → radicalement
They gave wildly different versions of what happened → Leurs versions de ce qui s'est passé diffèrent du tout au tout., Ils ont donné des versions radicalement différentes de ce qui s'est passé.

[vary, differ] → du tout au tout
The standard varies wildly → La qualité varie du tout au tout.

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

wildly

adv

(= violently) → wild, heftig

(= in disorder) → wirr; his hair fell wildly over his forehead → sein Haar fiel ihm wirr in die Stirn

(= without aim) → wild; to hit out wildly → wild um sich schlagen; to shoot wildly → wild drauflosschießen

(= extravagantly) guess → drauflos, ins Blaue hinein; talk → unausgegoren; happy → rasend; exaggerated → stark, maßlos; wrong, different → total, völlig; I think she is being wildly optimistic → ich denke, dass sie maßlos or übertrieben optimistisch ist

(= excitedly, distractedly) → wild, aufgeregt

(= riotously) → wild

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

wildly

[ˈwaɪldlɪ] adv (gen) → violentemente; (behave) → in modo sfrenato; (talk) → fervorosamente; (rush around) → come un(a) pazzo/a; (exaggerate) → largamente; (applaud, cheer) → freneticamente
to guess wildly → tirare a indovinare
wildly happy/enthusiastic → terribilmente felice/entusiasta
her heart was beating wildly → il cuore le batteva forte

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

wild

(waild) adjective

1. (of animals) not tamed. wolves and other wild animals. wild مُتَوَحِّش، بَرّي див selvage / feroz divoký wild vild άγριοςsalvaje, bravío mets- وحشی villi sauvageפרא जंगली divlji vad liar villtur, villi- selvaggio, selvatico 野性の 야생의 laukinis savvaļas- liar wildvilldziki بيد يانې، ځنګلي، وحشي، ناايل، ترند: بې واګې، ناروزلى، خودرويه: شډل: ويجاړه: له واكه وتلى، ياغي: په غوسه، په قهر، له عقله وتلى سودايي: لېوال (سيمه ييز): بد چلنده، سرايله، خوشې: تلوسه ناك، بيړندى: غوسه ناك: هر دم خياله selvagem sălbatic дикий divý divji divlji vild ไม่เชื่อง vahşî 野生的 дикий جنگلی hoang dã 野生的

2. (of land) not cultivated. ongetem مُقْفِر، غَيْر مَحروث некултивиран inculto neobdělaný verwildert uopdyrket; uberørt ακαλλιέργητος (για γη) agreste, salvaje harimata جنگلى luonnontilainen sauvageבר बंजर neobrađen vad tidak digarap óbyggður, óræktaður incolto 荒地の 황량한 neapgyventas, nedirbamas neapgūts; neapstrādāts terbiar; tidak dihuni onbebouwdudyrket, natur- nie uprawiany ځنګلي inculto necultivat невозделанный neobrábaný, pustý divji divlji vild, öde ซึ่งเกิดขึ้นเองตามธรรมชาติ boş, işlenmemiş 未開墾的 необроблений; незаселений غیرآباد hoang 未开垦的

3. uncivilized or lawless; savage. wild tribes. barbaars غَيْر مُتَحَضِّر див selvagem divoký wild vild απολίτιστοςsalvaje metsik جنگلى villi sauvageפרא वहशी divlji vad biadab frumstæður, án siðmenningar selvaggio 野蛮な 미개한 laukinis pirmatnējs; mežonīgs liar; hutan wildvill, vilter, usivilisertdziki ځنګلي selvagem săl­batic дикий divý, divošský divji divlji vild ป่าเถื่อน vahşî, ilkel 未開化的，野蠻的 дикий غیر مہذب hỗn loạn 未开化的，原始的

4. very stormy; violent. a wild night at sea; a wild rage. ontembaar عاصِف، هائِج бурен violento bouřlivý, prudký wild stormfuld άγριος, βίαιοςfurioso, borrascoso tormine, äge وحشى myrskyinen déchainé; fouסוער प्रचण्ड divlji tomboló dahsyat hamslaus tempestoso; folle 荒れた 맹렬한 audringas, nežabotas trakojošs; vētrains rebut; bergelora stormachtig, woeststormfull; vill, voldsom burzliwy, gwałtowny وحشي violento furtunos; violent бурный búrlivý, prudký divji olujan våldsam, häftig ที่เลวร้าย fırtınalı, azgın 狂暴的 бурхливий, буйний خود سر dữ dội 狂暴的

5. mad, crazy, insane etc. wild with hunger; wild with anxiety. wild, rasend مَجْنون، جُنوني обезумял louco šílený, bez sebe verrückt vild έξαλλοςloco, alocado meeletu دئوانه hullu délirant; fouפראי विक्षिप्त lud őrült gila brjálaður pazzo 狂ったような 미친듯한 galvos netekęs, pasiutęs traks no uztraukuma gila-gila; bukan-bukan gekvill, ustyrlig, rebelsk oszalały لیونی louco nebun; delirant неистовый šialený blazen lud galen, utom sig ที่ไร้สติ çılgın, deli 瘋狂的 нестямний, шалений دیوانہ điên cuồng 疯狂的

6. rash. a wild hope. wilde جامِح прибързан absurdo bezmezný unsinnig vild παράλογος, εξωφρενικόςdisparatado, descabellado, desorbitado, alocado ootamatu ريسکى hätäinen fou, extravagantפזיז अविवेचित pust vakmerő gegabah brjálæðislegur, óhugsaður folle とっぴな 무모한 nerealus, neapgalvotas spējš; nepamatots terburu-buru ongefundeerdvillpochopny, bezpodstawny خطرناك absurdo nebunesc, extravagant безумный bezmedzný divji nepromišljen förflugen ซึ่งไม่มีความอดกลั้น çılgınca delice 迫切的 необдуманий بے ڈھنگا rồ dại 急切的

7. not accurate or reliable. a wild guess. wilde غَيْر سَوي، غَيْر مَوثوق направен наслуки irrefletido náhodný wild vild ανακριβής, αναξιόπιστοςprecipitado, impetuoso huupi(tehtud) نه چندان دقیق umpimähkäinen en l'air, au hasardפראי ख्याली nesmotren, slučajan pontatlan,„meredek” untung-untungan út í loftið a caso 当てずっぽうの 부정확한 aklas uz labu laimi; akls meneka secara rambang in het wilde weg i blinde; fantastisk wysunięty na ślepo نه دومره په دقت سره irreflectido la întâm­plare необдуманный náhodný na slepo neprecizan vild, felriktad, på måfå ที่เชื่อถือไม่ได้ güvensiz, gelişigüzel 不準確的，不可靠的 необдуманий, зроблений навмання غیر معقول không chính xác 不切实际的

8. very angry. baie kwaad غاضِب، مُسْتَشيط غَضَبا ядосан zangado zuřivý rasend rasende έξαλλος, μαινόμενοςfurioso, colérico, frenético raevukas عصبانی vihainen furieux רוֹתֵח क्रोधोन्मत lud, bijesan kegyetlen sangat marah trylltur furioso 激怒した 매우 화가 난 įsiutęs, įtūžęs nikns; pārskaities sangat marah razendrasende, forbannetwściekły عصبای zangado (foarte) furios разгневанный zúrivý divji ljutit ursinnig, rasande ที่โกรธจัด çok öfkeli 盛怒的 скажений, несамовитий غضبناک giận giữ 狂怒的

ˈwildly adverb

wild بِوَحْشِيَّه диво ferozmente zuřivě wild vildt άγρια salvajemente, furiosamente, locamente metsikult وحشیانه villisti furieusement בִּפרָאוּת अन्धाधुन्ध ludo, bijesno vadul dengan dahsyat, liar brjálæðislega selvaggiamente; furiosamente 荒々しく 거칠게 su įtūžiu, kaip be galvos, aklai mežonīgi; nikni; neprātā secara tidak terkawal; secara rambang wildvilt, ustyrlig, rasende dziko, wściekle په وحشيانه توګه selvaticamente cu furie дико zúrivo divje divlje vilt อย่างดุร้าย vahşîce, çılgınca 狂野地 дико وحشت سے một cách bừa bãi 狂暴地

ˈwildness noun

wildheid وَحْشِيَّه дивота ferocidade divokost die Wildheit vildskab αγριότητα estado salvaje, furia, desenfreno, extravagancia metsikus وحشی kesyttömyys aspect sauvage פְּרָאוּת वहशत ludilo, bjesnilo vadság kedahsyatan tryllingur, ofsi stato selvaggio, selvatichezza 野性 황량함 įsiūtis mežonīgums; niknums; neprāts keliaran het wild zijn villhet dzikość, szaleństwo بيديا، شاړه، دښت، ځنګل selvajaria sălbăticie дикость divosť divjost divljina vildhet ความดุร้าย vahşîlik, yabanîlik 狂野 дикість وحشت sự hoang dã 粗野，野生，未开化

ˈwildfire: spread like wildfire

(of eg news) to spread extremely fast. veldbrand حَريق هائِل مُدَمِّر разпространявам се мълниеносно como um relâmpago šířit se rychlostí blesku sich wie ein Lauffeuer verbreiten sprede sig som en steppebrand διαδίδομαι αστραπιαία correr/esparcirse como un reguero de pólvora kulutulena levima ماده قابل اشتعال levitä kulovalkean tavoin se répandre comme une traînée de poudre לְהִתפַּשֵט כְּמוֹ אֵש בִּשדֶה קוֹצִים दावानल neobuzdana vatra, požar futótűz(ként terjed) menyebar cepat breiðast út eins og eldur í sinu (diffondersi in un lampo) たちまち広がる 순식간에 퍼지다 plisti/sklisti žaibo greitumu izplatīties zibens ātrumā tersebar dgn cepat zich als een lopend vuurtje verspreiden som ild i tørt gress rozejść się lotem błyskawicy تباه كوونكى اور: ليونى اور: هغه شيان چې ژر اوراخلي او په اسانه نه مرى: (مجازاً) ژر خپريدونكى relâmpago a se răspândi cu repe­ziciune распространяться молниеносно šíriť sa rýchlosťou blesku razširiti se kot blisk veliki požar löpeld: sprida sig som en löpeld ไฟป่าที่รุนแรงและลุกไหม้เป็นบริเวณกว้าง hızla yayılmak 野火 поширюватися з надзвичайною швидкістю جنگل کی آگ lan rất nhanh 野火

ˈwildfowl noun plural

wild birds, especially water birds such as ducks, geese etc. wildvoëls طُيور بَريَّه пернат дивеч aves selvagens divoké ptactvo die Wildvögel (pl.) fuglevildt αγριοπούλια (πληθ.) ave de caza jahilinnud اردک وحشى riistalinnut oiseau(x) sauvage(s) עוֹפוֹת בָּר जंगली परिन्दा divlje ptice szárnyas vad unggas liar villtir fuglar (uccelli selvatici) 猟鳥 야금(禽) laukiniai paukščiai meža putni burung air liar wild gevogelte ville fugler, fuglevilt dzikie ptactwo داوبو نا ايل مرغان لكه هيلۍ: بتې اونور aves selvagens păsări sălbatice дичь divé vtáctvo divje ptice pernata divljač vildfågel นกที่ถูกล่าเป็นเกม เช่น เป็ดป่า av kuşu, yaban ördeği/kazı v.b. 野鳥(尤指野鴨、野鵝等水鳥) дичина جنگلی چڑیاں chim nước 猎鸟

ˌwild-ˈgoose chase

an attempt to catch or find something one cannot possibly obtain. rondhollery مَسْعى فاشِل، مَشْروع لا طائِل تَحْتَه плупаво безнадеждно търсене busca inútil marná snaha vergebliche Mühe vildspor μάταιη αναζήτηση búsqueda inútil lootusetu katse تلاش بيهوده hukkareissu quête impossible מִרדָף שַׁב निरर्थक परिश्रम uzaludan trud, jalov pothvat hiábavaló vállalkozás mengejar yang mustahil vonlaus leit (tentativo inutile) 見込みのない試み 막연한 목적의 추구 siekimas nepasiekiamo bezcerīgs pasākums kerja sia-sia hopeloze onderneming forgjeves forsøk poszukiwanie wczorajszego dnia بیهوده busca inútil goană după himere погоня за недостижимым márna snaha jalovo početje jalov poduhvat lönlöst företag การค้นหาสิ่งที่ไม่อาจพบได้ boşa kürek çekme, olmayacak işe girişme 白忙一場，徒勞之舉 химера ناممکن چیز کی کوشش sự đeo đuổi viển vông 荒谬无益之追求，徒劳的举动

ˈwildlife noun

wild animals, birds, insects etc collectively. to protect wildlife. wildlewe البَريَّه، الحيوانات الضّاريَه дивата природа vida selvagem divoká zvěř Tierwelt dyreliv άγρια φύση, ζώα στο φυσικό τους περιβάλλον fauna (metsik) loodus حيات وحش villieläimet faune חַיוֹת בַּר वन्यजीवन divljač vadvilág satwa liar villt náttúra; dÿraríkið (fauna/flora protetta) 野生動物 야생 생물 gyvūnija dzīvā daba hidupan liar dieren in het wilddyrelivfauna, przyroda د وحشی حیواناتو ژوند animais selvagens faună живая природа divá zver divje živali svet netaknute prirode djur- och växtliv สัตว์ป่า yabanî hayvanlar, yaban hayatı 野生動物 жива природа جنگلی جانور đời sống hoang dã 野生动物

in the wild

(of an animal) in its natural surroundings. Young animals have to learn to look after themselves in the wild. in die natuur في البَريَّه، في بيئَتِه الطَّبيعِيَّه в дивия свят na natureza ve volné přírodě in freier Wildbahn i naturen στο φυσικό του περιβάλλον (για ζώο) en estado salvaje vabas looduses حيات وحش luonnontilassa à l'état sauvage בַּטֶבָע जंगल में u divljini vadon di alam bebas í náttúrulegu/villtu umhverfi (allo stato brado) 野生の状態で 야생의 natūralioje aplinkoje savvaļā; dabiskos apstākļos hutan; alam semula jadi in het wild i vill tilstand, i naturen w naturze د وحشی حیواناتو ژوند na natureza în libertate на воле vo voľnej prírode v divjini u divljini naturen ในป่า doğal ortamında (動物)在自然棲息地 у природі, на волі جنگلی جانوروں کا اپنے ماحول میں ہونا trong môi trường tự nhiên 在野外，在大自然中

the wilds

the uncultivated areas (of a country etc). They're living out in the wilds of Australia somewhere. die wildernis البَراري пустинно/диво място regiões selvagens divočina die Wildnis vildmark; ødemark ερημιές las regiones salvajes kõnnumaa جنگلى korpi régions sauvages אֵיזוֹר פֶּרֶא ऐसे इलाके में जहां खेती नहीं की गई हो divljina vadon pedalaman óbyggðir (regioni selvagge) 未開地方 황무지 atoki vieta, užkampis biezoknī; tuksnesī; nomaļā vietā kawasan terpencil wildernisvillmark, ødemark pustkowie ځنګلی regiOes selvagens regiuni necultivate; sălbăticie дебри divočina divjina divljina vildmarken ที่รกร้าง boş arazi, çorak ve ıssız yer 窮鄉僻壤 незаселені землі غیر آباد علاقے nơi hoang dã 荒野，未开发地区

the Wild Westwest

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