Wilder - English meaning

adjective

Wildly unreasonable, illogical, or inappropriate.

Usage examples:

The allegations are patently absurd

noun

An absurd state of affairs.

Usage examples:

The incidents that followed bordered on the absurd

adjective

Growing wild in cultivated fields.

Usage examples:

They analyse for example how marsh beds, pond and agrestal plants develop, they experiment and docu…

adjective

Extremely stupid or foolish.

Usage examples:

Lydia ignored his asinine remark

adjective

(of land) too poor to produce much or any vegetation.

Usage examples:

The plains of kyrenia were barren

noun

A barren tract or tracts of land.

Usage examples:

The newfoundland barrens

adjective

In a state of complete confusion and disorder.

Usage examples:

The political situation was chaotic

adjective

In a state of chaos

Usage examples:

The house is a bit chaotic at the moment - we've got all these extra people staying and we're still…

adjective

(of a place) empty of people.

Usage examples:

Deserted beaches of soft sand

verb

Abandon (a person, cause, or organization) in a way considered disloyal or treacherous.

Usage examples:

We feel our public representatives have deserted us

adjective

Having no people or things in it; empty

Usage examples:

These resort towns are largely deserted in winter., we parked in a deserted lot near the river.

adjective

(of a place) uninhabited and giving an impression of bleak emptiness.

Usage examples:

A desolate pennine moor

verb

Make (a place) appear bleakly empty.

Usage examples:

The droughts that desolated the dry plains

adjective

(of a place) having no living things; empty

Usage examples:

A desolate landscape, when her son left for a year abroad, she felt desolate.

adjective

Containing nothing; not filled or occupied.

Usage examples:

She put down her empty cup

verb

Remove all the contents of (a container).

Usage examples:

We empty the till at closing time

noun

A bottle or glass left empty of its contents.

Usage examples:

The barman collected the empties

noun

An outgoing, socially confident person.

Usage examples:

Are there canny advantages to being socially averse that the extroverts among us never see?

adjective

Relating to, denoting, or typical of an extrovert.

Usage examples:

His extrovert personality made him the ideal host

noun

An energetic person who enjoys being with other people

Usage examples:

Most sales people are extroverts., an extrovert personality

adjective

(especially of an animal) in a wild state, especially after escape from captivity or domestication.

Usage examples:

A feral cat

noun

A person with an unconventional appearance and lifestyle, and anti-establishment views.

Usage examples:

We expected bearded ferals chaining themselves to trees in protest

adjective

Existing in a wild state, especially describing an animal that was previously kept by people

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Feral dogs/cats

adjective

Savagely fierce, cruel, or violent.

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A ferocious beast

adjective

Fierce and violent

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Ferocious wild dogs

adjective

Frightening and violent

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A ferocious dog, a ferocious battle, she's got a ferocious (= very bad) temper., the president came…

adjective

Having or displaying an intense or ferocious aggressiveness.

Usage examples:

Fierce fighting continued throughout the day

adverb

Very; extremely.

Usage examples:

He was fierce proud

adjective

Violent and forceful

Usage examples:

Fierce thunderstorms, the city had been under fierce attack., she’s a fierce critic of us policies.…

adjective

Recklessly bold or rash.

Usage examples:

It would be foolhardy to go into the scheme without support

adjective

Taking unnecessary or foolish risks

Usage examples:

He made a foolhardy attempt to climb the tree to recover his kite.

adjective

Lacking good sense or judgement; unwise.

Usage examples:

He was foolish enough to confide in her

adjective

Very stupid.

Usage examples:

I was able to hum its idiotic theme tune

adjective

Stupid

adjective

Unwise or not carefully considered

adjective

Badly planned, not carefully considered, or based on wrong information or unreasonable beliefs

Usage examples:

Critics say the state's budget proposal is ill-conceived and short-sighted.

adjective

Lacking sense or clear, sound reasoning.

Usage examples:

An illogical fear of the supernatural

adjective

Not adapted for use or action; not sensible or realistic.

Usage examples:

Impractical high heels

adjective

Not effective or reasonable, or (of people) not able to provide effective or simple solutions

Usage examples:

An impractical plan, it’s impractical to buy things just because they’re on sale.

adjective

Originating or occurring naturally in a particular place; native.

Usage examples:

The indigenous peoples of siberia

adjective

Existing naturally or having always lived in a place; native

Usage examples:

The navajos are among the indigenous people of north america., are there any species of frog indige…

adjective

Operating or happening in the local area, not in other countries

Usage examples:

Indigenous firms, the most profitable indigenous business is cocoa growing., indigenous tourism

adjective

(of an environment) harsh and difficult to live in.

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The inhospitable landscape

adjective

Not welcoming or generous to people who visit you

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I'll have to cook them a meal or they'll think i'm inhospitable., they had to trek for miles throug…

adjective

So foolish, unreasonable, or out of place as to be amusing.

Usage examples:

It's ludicrous that i have been fined

adjective

Ridiculous or foolish; unreasonable or unsuitable

Usage examples:

Some stories that initially seemed ludicrous turned out to be true.

noun

A person who is mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

She continued to gape at him as if he was a runaway lunatic from a nearby mental asylum.

adjective

Mentally ill (not in technical use).

Usage examples:

A ward of lunatic old ladies

noun

A foolish or crazy person

Usage examples:

He drives like a lunatic., a lunatic criminal

adjective

Amusingly eccentric.

Usage examples:

A surreal, madcap novel

noun

An eccentric or reckless person.

Usage examples:

Having secured two acting legends and a comic madcap, the rest of the casting fell into place.

noun

A person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there or not.

Usage examples:

A native of montreal

adjective

Associated with the place or circumstances of a person's birth.

Usage examples:

He's a native new yorker

adjective

Of or relating to the place where you were born

Usage examples:

This was his first visit to his native land in 30 years., larry is a native texan (= he was born in…

adjective

Existing in or derived from nature; not made or caused by humankind.

Usage examples:

Carrots contain a natural antiseptic

noun

A person having an innate talent for a particular task or activity.

Usage examples:

She was a natural for television work

adverb

A person born with a learning disability.

adjective

Having no meaning; making no sense.

Usage examples:

A nonsensical argument

adjective

Deserving or inviting derision or mockery; absurd.

Usage examples:

That ridiculous tartan cap

adjective

Having an uneven or irregular surface; not smooth or level.

Usage examples:

They had to carry the victim across the rough, stony ground

adverb

In a manner that lacks gentleness; harshly or violently.

Usage examples:

Treat 'em rough but treat 'em fair

noun

A disreputable and violent person.

Usage examples:

The rear of the column was attacked by roughs

adjective

(of ground or terrain) having a broken, rocky, and uneven surface.

Usage examples:

A rugged coastline

adjective

(of an animal or force of nature) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.

Usage examples:

Packs of savage dogs roamed the streets

noun

A brutal or vicious person.

Usage examples:

The mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages

verb

(especially of a dog or wild animal) attack ferociously and maul.

Usage examples:

Police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged

adjective

Determined to base your actions on your own decisions without listening to advice from other people

adjective

(of a person) unconscious.

Usage examples:

The attack left a policeman beaten senseless

adjective

Lacking purpose or meaning

Usage examples:

A senseless prank, it was senseless to treat me like that., they beat him senseless.

adjective

Having or showing a lack of common sense or judgement; absurd and foolish.

Usage examples:

Another of his silly jokes

noun

Denoting fielding positions very close to the batsman.

Usage examples:

Silly mid-on

adjective

Showing a lack of thought or judgment; not serious and not showing much intelligence

Usage examples:

A silly grin, i watched another silly movie last night., it’s time to stop the silliness and get se…

adjective

Having or showing a great lack of intelligence or common sense.

Usage examples:

I was stupid enough to think she was perfect

noun

A stupid person (often used as a term of address).

Usage examples:

You're not a coward, stupid!

adjective

Lacking thought or intelligence

Usage examples:

I just made another stupid mistake., turn off that stupid program!, can you believe my stupidity? i…

adjective

(of land) having no paths or tracks on it.

Usage examples:

Leading travellers into trackless wastelands

adjective

Uncontrolled; unconstrained.

Usage examples:

A moment of unbridled ambition

verb

Remove the bridle from (a horse).

Usage examples:

He unbridled his mare and let her roam

adjective

Not controlled or limited

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Unbridled joy/fury/greed/authority

adjective

Not broken, fractured, or damaged.

Usage examples:

An unbroken glass

adjective

(especially of something undesirable) not controlled or restrained.

Usage examples:

Prices rose unchecked, hitting the poor worst of all

verb

Unselect (a box in an electronic form, questionnaire, etc.).

Usage examples:

Consumers had to uncheck the box for travel insurance to opt out of purchasing it

adjective

Not stopped or ended

Usage examples:

These problems will worsen if current trends continue unchecked.

adjective

Not restricted or limited.

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Unconstrained growth

adjective

Not controlled or limited in any way

Usage examples:

She lived the life of a freewheeling artist, unconstrained by the conventions of a middle-class lif…

adjective

Not controlled.

Usage examples:

Some uncontrolled children rather marred the proceedings

adjective

Existing or happening with nothing able to stop it

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Uncontrolled shivering, the uncontrolled spread of urban sprawl

adjective

Not based on or conforming to what is generally done or believed.

Usage examples:

His unconventional approach to life

adjective

(of land) not used for growing crops.

Usage examples:

These meadowlands have lain uncultivated for centuries

adjective

Not restrained or kept in check.

Usage examples:

Their activities continue to be largely uncurbed

adjective

Lacking in discipline; uncontrolled in behaviour or manner.

Usage examples:

Undisciplined soldiers

adjective

Not behaving in a very controlled or organized way

Usage examples:

The coach should be embarrassed to see the team play in such an undisciplined manner., an undiscipl…

adjective

Not domesticated.

Usage examples:

I never cook for him and i am totally undomesticated

adjective

Not able or willing to do cleaning, cooking, and other jobs in the home, and to take care of children

Usage examples:

I'm always clean, with clean clothes, but i'm terribly undomesticated., he never cooks or cleans, a…

adjective

(of land) not used for growing crops; uncultivated.

Usage examples:

There are more unfarmed acres now than 100 years ago

adjective

(of a place) without inhabitants.

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Small uninhabited islands

adjective

Expressing one's feelings or thoughts unselfconsciously and without restraint.

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A lively and uninhibited girl

adjective

Free and natural, without embarrassment or too much control

Usage examples:

The students we spoke to were surprisingly uninhibited in talking about sex., we watched two hours …

adjective

Not controlled or regulated.

Usage examples:

A critique of unmanaged capitalism

adjective

Used to describe a tracker (= a financial product that only follows the general level of particular shares), rather than an investment that is managed in an active way

Usage examples:

One unmanaged fund is american gas index that invests in about 75 stocks from an index developed by…

adjective

(of a place) having no inhabitants.

Usage examples:

Three missiles landed in unpopulated areas

adjective

Not restrained or restricted.

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A display of unrestrained delight

adjective

Not limited in any way

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Unrestrained fury, unrestrained capitalism

adjective

Not domesticated or otherwise controlled.

Usage examples:

Nepal was stunning with its wild, untamed landscape

adjective

Left in a natural or wild state

Usage examples:

The image of the west as an untamed wilderness, his untamed beard

adjective

(of a person or action) not wise or sensible; foolish.

Usage examples:

It is unwise to rely on hearsay evidence

adjective

Not showing good judgment or understanding of a situation

Usage examples:

We made several unwise investments and lost quite a bit of money.

noun

A person who has never had sexual intercourse.

Usage examples:

She's still a virgin

adjective

Being, relating to, or appropriate for a virgin.

Usage examples:

His virgin bride

noun

Someone who has never had sex

Usage examples:

A virgin forest, antarctica is virgin territory.

verb

Use or expend carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

We can't afford to waste electricity

adjective

(of a material, substance, or by-product) eliminated or discarded as no longer useful or required after the completion of a process.

Usage examples:

Ensure that waste materials are disposed of responsibly

noun

An act or instance of using or expending something carelessly, extravagantly, or to no purpose.

Usage examples:

It's a waste of time trying to argue with him

adjective

Difficult to control or predict because of wilful or perverse behaviour.

Usage examples:

A wayward adolescent