wild

Definition

  • noun: a large area of land where people do not live and where plants, trees, etc., grow freely
  • noun: a sparsely inhabited or uncultivated region or tract
  • adjective: living in nature without human control or care
  • adjective: living in a state of nature and not ordinarily tame or domesticated
  • synonyms: wilderness, native, desert

Examples

  • The company was successful 'beyond my wildest dreams/fantasies'. [=much more successful that I ever thought possible]

  • He has some pretty 'wild' [='strange'] ideas about raising children.

  • The party was getting kind of 'wild' [=out of control] so we left.

Movie quotes

  • (..) in an orphanage when his father was serving a jail term for forgery. That's not a very happy beginning. He's a wild, angry kid. That's all he's ever been. And you know why? Cos he's been hit on the head by somebody once a day, every day. He's had a pretty miserable years. (..)
    1957 12 Angry Men
  • (..) Gentleman at the window. - We'd like to get started. - Oh, I'm sorry. - The kid kills his father, just like that. - Listen, it happens all the time. They let those kids run wild up there. Well, maybe it serves him right. You know what I mean? - Is everyone here? - The old man is inside. (..)
    1957 12 Angry Men