wild
wild
(wīld) adjective
wilder
, wildest
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; savage.
4.
a. Lacking restraint; unruly: wild children living in the streets. b. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious: recalled his wild youth with remorse.
5. Disorderly; 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.
adverb
In a wild manner: growing wild; roaming wild.
noun
1.
A natural or undomesticated state: returned the zoo animals to the wild; plants that grow abundantly in the wild.
2.
An uninhabited or uncultivated region: the wilds of the northern steppes.
[Middle English wilde, from Old English.]
wild
ʹly adverb
wild
ʹness noun