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wilder
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | untamed |
| Synonyms: | agrarian, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, dense, desert, deserted, desolate, escaped, feral, ferocious, fierce, free, indigenous, lush, luxuriant, native, natural, neglected, overgrown, overrun, primitive, rampant, rude, savage, unbroken, uncivilized, uncultivated, undomesticated, uninhabited, untouched, vicious, waste |
| Antonyms: | civilized, controlled, delicate, gentle, manageable, tame |
| Main Entry: | wild |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | intense, stormy |
| Synonyms: | blustering, blustery, choppy, disturbed, furious, howling, inclement, raging, rough, storming, tempestuous, turbulent, violent |
| Antonyms: | calm, mild, moderate |
| Main Entry: | abandoned |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | free from moral restraint; uninhibited |
| Synonyms: | corrupt, depraved, dissolute, immoral, incontinent, incorrigible, licentious, profligate, shameless, sinful, uncontrolled, unprincipled, unrestrained, wanton, wicked, wild |
| Antonyms: | chaste, innocent, moral, pure, restrained, virtuous |
| Main Entry: | animal |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | beastlike; carnal |
| Synonyms: | beastly, bestial, bodily, brute, brutish, corporeal, earthly, earthy, feral, fleshy, mammalian, muscular, natural, physical, sensual, untamed, wild, zoological |
| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, inhuman, lowbrow, merciless, philistine, primitive, rough, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, untamed, vicious, vulgar, wild |
| Antonyms: | civilized, cultured, educated, humane, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | barbaric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, fierce, graceless, inhuman, lowbrow, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, vulgar, wild |
| Notes: | barbaric pertains to crudeness and uncivility (based on Greek barbaros 'foreign'); barbarous pertains to cruelty, harshness, and immorality |
| Main Entry: | barbarous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, brutal, brutish, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, inhumane, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, wolfish |
| Notes: | barbaric pertains to crudeness and uncivility (based on Greek barbaros 'foreign'); barbarous pertains to cruelty, harshness, and immorality |
| Antonyms: | civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | bleak |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | barren |
| Synonyms: | austere, bare, blank, blighted, bombed, bulldozed, burned, chilly, cleared, cold, deforested, desert, deserted, desolate, dreary, exposed, flat, gaunt, grim, open, raw, scorched, stripped, unpopulated, unsheltered, weather-beaten, wild, windswept |
| Antonyms: | appealing, bright, comfortable, nice, pleasant, sunny |
| Main Entry: | blind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | uncontrolled |
| Synonyms: | hasty, heedless, impetuous, inconsiderate, irrational, mindless, rash, reckless, senseless, shortsighted, thoughtless, unseeing, unthinking, violent, wild |
| Antonyms: | controlled |
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