[syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]
3. an unruly disposition to do as one pleases;
- Example: "Liza had always had a tendency to wildness"
- Example: "the element of wildness in his behavior was a protest against repressive convention"
4. an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature;
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Wildness \Wild"ness\, n.
The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or
untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained;
rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
wildness
n 1: a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; "the wildness of
his anger" [syn: wildness, abandon]
2: the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's
violence" [syn: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness,
fury, vehemence, violence, wildness]
3: an unruly disposition to do as one pleases; "Liza had always
had a tendency to wildness"; "the element of wildness in his
behavior was a protest against repressive convention"
4: an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature
[ant: domestication, tameness]