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Antonyms for wildness


Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : wahyld
Phonetic Transcription : waɪld



Definition of wildness

Origin :
  • "to run wild," Old English awildian (see wild (adj.)). Wilding in the teen gang sense first recorded 1989.
  • As in ferocity : adj fierceness
  • As in intensity : noun passion, force
  • As in license : noun abandon, indulgence
  • As in tempest : noun wild storm; commotion
  • As in tumult : noun uproar, confusion
  • As in violence : noun extreme force, intensity
  • As in abandon : noun careless disregard for consequences
  • As in abandonment : noun abandon
  • As in disorderliness : noun unruliness
  • As in ferociousness : noun ferocity
  • As in fierceness : noun ferocity
  • As in fractiousness : noun unruliness
  • As in heedlessness : noun abandon
  • As in indocility : noun unruliness
  • As in intractability : noun unruliness
  • As in intractableness : noun unruliness
  • As in libertinism : noun license
  • As in licentiousness : noun license
  • As in obstinateness : noun unruliness
  • As in obstreperousness : noun unruliness
  • As in prodigality : noun extravagance
  • As in profligacy : noun extravagance
  • As in profligacy : noun license
  • As in recalcitrance : noun unruliness
  • As in recalcitrancy : noun unruliness
  • As in refractoriness : noun unruliness
  • As in uncontrollability : noun unruliness
  • As in uncontrollableness : noun unruliness
  • As in ungovernableness : noun unruliness
  • As in unmanageability : noun unruliness
  • As in unrestraint : noun abandon
  • As in unruliness : noun disorderliness
  • As in untowardness : noun unruliness
  • As in vehemency : noun intensity
  • As in wantonness : noun abandon
  • As in wastefulness : noun extravagance
  • As in desolation : noun uninhabitated area; barrenness
  • As in excitement : noun enthusiasm; incitement
  • As in extravagance : noun indulgence; waste
Example sentences :
  • "Oh, no, we must go—we must go," she said with a hint of wildness in her urgency.
  • Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley
  • Csar took it, but continued to look at Philip with eyes that were threatening in their wildness.
  • Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
  • "True to their wildness, maybe," she answered him disdainfully.
  • Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini
  • There was no longer any chance for the wildness of the beast to crop out.
  • Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit
  • But my master was soon sent away for a piece of wildness he did.
  • Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever
  • For all his wildness, Bunter had made no mistake in his marrying.
  • Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad
  • A being of grace, of beauty, and of a wildness that was part of the Hills and wind!
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • Wildness was over all, but it was the wildness of former refinement.
  • Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock
  • Roaring in her ears, faces tumbling, lifting in a wildness about her.
  • Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht
  • This miserable strife of thought now began to rage in all its wildness.
  • Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

Synonyms for wildness

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