Wildness vs. Wilderness
Wildness and Wilderness Definitions
Wildness
Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed
Wild geese.
Edible wild plants.
Wilderness
A large tract of land that has not been significantly affected by human activities.
Wildness
Not inhabited or farmed
Remote, wild country.
Wilderness
A tract of land officially protected from development and other high-impact human activities.
Wildness
Uncivilized or barbarous.
Wilderness
A barren or desolate area; a wasteland.
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Wildness
Lacking supervision or restraint
Wild children living in the street.
Wilderness
Something characterized by bewildering vastness, perilousness, or unchecked profusion
A wilderness of unknown city streets.
A wilderness of voices.
Wildness
Disorderly; unruly
A wild scene in the school cafeteria.
Wilderness
A state of neglect, powerlessness, or disfavor
"The failure of the Clinton health plan in 1994 opened the door to the Republicans' capture of Congress after forty years in the wilderness" (Jacob S. Hacker).
Wildness
Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious
Recalled his wild youth with remorse.
Wilderness
(uncountable) Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild.
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Wildness
Lacking regular order or arrangement; disarranged
Wild locks of long hair.
Wilderness
(by extension)
Wildness
Full of, marked by, or suggestive of strong, uncontrolled emotion
Wild with jealousy.
A wild look in his eye.
A wild rage.
Wilderness
(countable) A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness.
Wildness
Extravagant; fantastic
A wild idea.
Wilderness
An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness.
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Wildness
Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy
Wild weather.
Wilderness
Unrefinedness; wildness.
Wildness
Risky; imprudent
Wild financial schemes.
Wilderness
Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things.
Wildness
Impatiently eager
Wild to get away for the weekend.
Wilderness
A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost.
Wildness
(Informal) Highly enthusiastic
Just wild about the new music.
Wilderness
Often preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of office.
Wildness
Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded
Wild accusations.
A wild guess.
Wilderness
A tract of land, or a region, uncultivated and uninhabited by human beings, whether a forest or a wide, barren plain; a wild; a waste; a desert; a pathless waste of any kind.
The wat'ry wilderness yields no supply.
Wildness
Deviating greatly from an intended course; erratic
A wild bullet.
Wilderness
A disorderly or neglected place.
Wildness
(Games) Having an equivalence or value determined by the cardholder's choice
Playing poker with deuces wild.
Wilderness
Quality or state of being wild; wildness.
These paths and bowers doubt not but our joint hands.Will keep from wilderness with ease.
Wildness
In a wild manner
Growing wild.
Roaming wild.
Wilderness
A wild and uninhabited area
Wildness
A natural or undomesticated state
Returned the zoo animals to the wild.
Plants that grow abundantly in the wild.
Wildness
Often wilds A region that is mostly uninhabited or uncultivated
The wilds of the northern steppes.
Wildness
To go about in a group threatening, robbing, or attacking others.
Wildness
The quality of being wild or untamed
Wildness
The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
Wildness
A feeling of extreme emotional intensity;
The wildness of his anger
Wildness
The property of being wild or turbulent;
The storm's violence
Wildness
A state of nature
