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wild

adjective

marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild parties"
Antonyms: tame Similar: chaotic, disorderly, delirious, excited, frantic, mad, unrestrained, frenzied, manic
in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; "wild geese"; "edible wild plants"
Synonyms: untamed Antonyms: tame, tamed Similar: feral, ferine, savage, unbroken, undomesticated
in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with grief"
Similar: passionate
deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet"; "a wild pitch"
Similar: uncontrolled
(of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts"
Synonyms: violent Similar: intense
not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield
Similar: uncontrolled
talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic"
Synonyms: raving, raving mad Similar: insane
produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild strawberries"
Synonyms: spontaneous Similar: unplanted
located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild stretch of land"; "waste places"
Synonyms: desert, godforsaken, waste Similar: inhospitable
without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
Synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized Similar: noncivilized, noncivilised
(of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea"
Synonyms: angry, furious, raging, tempestuous Similar: stormy

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noun

a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived in the wild"
Synonyms: natural state, state of nature
a wild and uninhabited area
Synonyms: wilderness

adverb

in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly around here"
Synonyms: rampantly
in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming wild"

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