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wild

adjective
  1. In a primitive state; not domesticated or cultivated; produced by nature: native, natural, rough, uncultivated, undomesticated, untamed. See wild
  2. Of or relating to wild animals: feral, savage. See wild
  3. Not civilized: barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured. Archaic: uncivil. See culture, wild
  4. Not submitting to discipline or control: disorderly, fractious, indocile, intractable, lawless, obstinate, obstreperous, recalcitrant, refractory, uncontrollable, undisciplined, ungovernable, unmanageable, unruly, untoward. Idiom: out of line. See control, order, peace, resist
  5. Lacking in moral restraint: abandoned, dissipated, dissolute, fast, gay, incontinent, licentious, profligate, rakish, unbridled, unconstrained, uncontrolled, ungoverned, uninhibited, unrestrained, wanton. See restraint
  6. Marked by extreme excitement, confusion, or agitation: delirious, frantic, frenetic, frenzied, mad. Archaic: madding. See calm
  7. Violently disturbed or agitated, as by storms: dirty, heavy, raging, roiled, roily, rough, rugged, stormy, tempestuous, tumultuous, turbulent, ugly, violent. See calm
noun
An uninhabited region left in its natural state: bush, wilderness, wildness. See wild

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