Wildness
['waɪldnɪs]
Definition
(noun.) an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature.
(noun.) 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'.
(noun.) a feeling of extreme emotional intensity; 'the wildness of his anger'.
Editor: Timmy--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.
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Examples
- I conjured him, incoherently, but in the most impassioned manner, not to abandon himself to this wildness, but to hear me. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- With the look fixed upon him, in her paleness and wildness, she panted out in his arms, imploringly, O my dear friend! Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
- Then Mrs. Boucher began in a low, growling tone, gathering in wildness as she went on: 'He _is_ his father's darling, I say. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
- All her wildness and passion had subsided; but, though softened, she was not in tears. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Soon as she see him, without him seeing her, all her fear and wildness returned upon her, and she fled afore the very breath he draw'd. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Another minute, and it was suffused with a crimson flush: and a heavy wildness came over the soft blue eye. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
- Maybe the first shock was too rough, and in the wildness of her art--! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- The wildness was gone and I felt finer than I had ever felt. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
- I was rushing past Argyle, when he detained me, frightened at the wildness of my looks. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- There was a graceful and compassionate sweetness in her voice and manner, as she said this, that formed a strange contrast with the former wildness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He snatched me to his heart in all the wildness of frenzy. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Covered with ice, it was only to be distinguished from land by its superior wildness and ruggedness. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
- The wildness and supernatural machinery of Macbeth, was a pledge that it could contain little directly connected with our present circumstances. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- This wildness frightened me. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- She was looking steadily into the blaze, with a calm, heart-broken expression, very different from her former agitated wildness. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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