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Definition of wildness in English: wildnessnoun ˈwʌɪldnəsˈwaɪldnəs mass noun1The character of being uncultivated, undomesticated, or inhospitable. the wildness and beauty of the Scottish hills conflict between civilization and the wildness of nature Example sentencesExamples - For him, nothing - neither civilization nor the wildness it seeks to eradicate - ever gets lost.
- The beauty and wildness of the country is mirrored in the beauty and wildness of its people and politics.
- The civility and wildness of the river coexist, much like Huck's personality.
- Significantly he was also an innovator of the Gothic Novel - a new genre in fantasy that drew on the wildness of the Middle Ages.
- The rough and unkempt textures of the horses coats attests to their wildness.
- 1.1 Strength of emotion.
the free-spirited wildness of my unrepressed desires Example sentencesExamples - There was a wildness that permeated her eyes.
- He arranges a side-by-side comparison of Oedipus' irony and pathos with the wildness of his passion.
- I love improvisation and wildness of feeling and imagination, but it all has to find a container for itself. Otherwise the energy leaks out.
- He is rediscovering the wildness within him that was forgotten.
- The ambiguity inherent in that fantasy of unpinning suggests not only the male desire, but also the very real potential of a female "wildness" that desires release.
2Lack of discipline or restraint. why does their mother do nothing to curb their wildness? the wildness of the nightlife Example sentencesExamples - The wildness of Behn's life easily rivals that of any of the characters in her plays.
- He was always clever with mechanical things and I thought he was settled and had got over his wildness.
- She shows few signs of the funky wildness her character is supposed to have.
- I was interested in him as a character and, at the same time, a little scared of his wildness.
- It represents, if you didn't get it by now, the bit of wildness in all of us.
3Lack of sound reasoning or probability. the wildness of his ideas Example sentencesExamples - He keeps it all in an oddly truthful range, given the wildness of the idea.
- He has kept his friends perpetually apologizing for him by the wildness of his errors in dealing with other things of quite as much importance.
- He manages to bring to the stage the kind of free association and wildness of human thought that is generally the realm of the novelist.
- There is a wildness of thought which disqualifies the mind for usefulness.
Definition of wildness in US English: wildnessnounˈwīldnəsˈwaɪldnəs 1The character of being uncultivated, undomesticated, or inhospitable. the wildness and beauty of the Scottish hills conflict between civilization and the wildness of nature Example sentencesExamples - The beauty and wildness of the country is mirrored in the beauty and wildness of its people and politics.
- The rough and unkempt textures of the horses coats attests to their wildness.
- For him, nothing - neither civilization nor the wildness it seeks to eradicate - ever gets lost.
- The civility and wildness of the river coexist, much like Huck's personality.
- Significantly he was also an innovator of the Gothic Novel - a new genre in fantasy that drew on the wildness of the Middle Ages.
- 1.1 Strength of emotion.
the free-spirited wildness of my unrepressed desires Example sentencesExamples - The ambiguity inherent in that fantasy of unpinning suggests not only the male desire, but also the very real potential of a female "wildness" that desires release.
- There was a wildness that permeated her eyes.
- He arranges a side-by-side comparison of Oedipus' irony and pathos with the wildness of his passion.
- He is rediscovering the wildness within him that was forgotten.
- I love improvisation and wildness of feeling and imagination, but it all has to find a container for itself. Otherwise the energy leaks out.
2Lack of discipline or restraint. why does their mother do nothing to curb their wildness? the wildness of the nightlife Example sentencesExamples - I was interested in him as a character and, at the same time, a little scared of his wildness.
- She shows few signs of the funky wildness her character is supposed to have.
- It represents, if you didn't get it by now, the bit of wildness in all of us.
- He was always clever with mechanical things and I thought he was settled and had got over his wildness.
- The wildness of Behn's life easily rivals that of any of the characters in her plays.
3Lack of sound reasoning or probability. the wildness of his ideas Example sentencesExamples - He has kept his friends perpetually apologizing for him by the wildness of his errors in dealing with other things of quite as much importance.
- He manages to bring to the stage the kind of free association and wildness of human thought that is generally the realm of the novelist.
- There is a wildness of thought which disqualifies the mind for usefulness.
- He keeps it all in an oddly truthful range, given the wildness of the idea.
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