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état sauvage
, sauvage
, primitif
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Definition & Synonyms
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• Wild
- (adv.) Wildly; as, to talk wild.
- (n.) An uninhabited and uncultivated tract or region; a forest or desert; a wilderness; a waste; as, the wilds of America; the wilds of Africa.
- (superl.) Savage; uncivilized; not refined by culture; ferocious; rude; as, wild natives of Africa or America.
- (superl.) Desert; not inhabited or cultivated; as, wild land.
- (superl.) Hard to steer; -- said of a vessel.
- (superl.) Growing or produced without culture; growing or prepared without the aid and care of man; native; not cultivated; brought forth by unassisted nature or by animals not domesticated; as, wild parsnip, wild camomile, wild strawberry, wild honey.
- (superl.) Indicating strong emotion, intense excitement, or /ewilderment; as, a wild look.
- (superl.) Not submitted to restraint, training, or regulation; turbulent; tempestuous; violent; ungoverned; licentious; inordinate; disorderly; irregular; fanciful; imaginary; visionary; crazy.
- (superl.) Exposed to the wind and sea; unsheltered; as, a wild roadstead.
- (superl.) Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed or domesticated; as, a wild boar; a wild ox; a wild cat.
Synonyms:
Angry, Barbarian, Desert, Furious, Raging, Rampantly, Raving, Savage, Spontaneous, Tempestuous, Uncivilized, Violent, Waste, Wilderness,
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• Wildness
- (n.) The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
Synonyms:
Abandon, Ferocity, Fury, Vehemence, Violence,
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• Wildering
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Wilder
- (n.) A plant growing in a state of nature; especially, one which has run wild, or escaped from cultivation.
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• Wilderness
- (v. t.) 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.
- (v. t.) A disorderly or neglected place.
- (v. t.) Quality or state of being wild; wildness.
Synonyms:
Wild,
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