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Adjective: wild (wilder,wildest) wI(-u)ld- Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
"wild talk"; "wild parties" - In a natural state; not tamed, domesticated or cultivated
"edible wild plants"; "wild geese"; - untamed - In a state of extreme emotion
"wild with anger"; "wild with grief" - Deviating widely from an intended course
"a wild bullet"; "he threw a wild pitch" - (of colours or sounds) intensely vivid or loud
"wild colours"; "wild shouts"; - violent - Without a basis in reason or fact
"wild gossip"; - baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted - Talking or behaving irrationally
- raving mad - Involving risk or danger
"a wild financial scheme"; - hazardous, risky - Fanciful and unrealistic; foolish
"a wild idea of his own importance"; - fantastic - Located in a dismal or remote area; desolate
"a wild stretch of land"; - godforsaken, waste - Intensely enthusiastic about or preoccupied with
"wild about cars and racing"; - crazy, dotty, gaga - Without civilizing influences
"wild tribes"; - barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit] - (of the elements) as if showing violent anger
"wild clouds on the horizon"; - angry, furious, raging, tempestuous Adverb: wild wI(-u)ld- In an uncontrolled and rampant manner
"weeds grew wild around here"; - rampantly - In a wild or undomesticated manner
"growing wild"; "roaming wild" Noun: wild wI(-u)ld- A wild primitive state untouched by civilization
"he lived in the wild"; "they collected mushrooms in the wild"; - natural state, state of nature - A wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
- wilderness
Sounds like: wield, wheeled, wild, whiled Derived forms: wilder, wildest, wilds See also: chaotic, dangerous, delirious, disorderly, enthusiastic, excited, feral, ferine, frantic, frenzied, inhospitable, insane, intense, intractable, keen, mad, manic, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, passionate, procellous [archaic], savage, semi-wild, stormy, unbroken, uncontrolled, undomesticated, unquiet, unrealistic, unrestrained, unsafe, unsubdued, unsupported, wildness Type of: geographic area, geographic region, geographical area, geographical region, state Antonym: tame Encyclopedia: Wild, Free & Reckless Wild, Johann Wild Wild, Crazy, New Wild, Sweet and Cool Wild, Wild Women Wild, Wild World of Animals Wild, Wonderful Purgatory Wild, Wild, West Wild, Wild Planet Wild, Wild West |