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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (4)

1. a feeling of extreme emotional intensity;
- Example: "the wildness of his anger"
[syn: wildness, abandon]

2. the property of being wild or turbulent;
- Example: "the storm's violence"
[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]