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

  • (..) Go on. It's just more of the same. "You will watch as my soldiers take turns raping your sister. You will watch as my dogs devour your wild little brother. Then I will spoon your eyes from their sockets and let my dogs do the rest. Come and see. Ramsay Bolton, Lord of Winterfell (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Book of the Stranger Season: 6 Episode 4
  • (..) I'm fine. I don't think you could ride the dragon. years ago, maybe. - What? - Our queen. She's wild, you know. Don't let her size fool you. It's hard enough for me and I'm a young man. You, I don't think your heart could take it. (..)
    2016 TvShow: Game of Thrones Title: Book of the Stranger Season: 6 Episode 4
  • (..) Actually, thank you. This is the trip's log book, I've already written something. Yesterday I broke up with Gi? -No kidding? -I want to go wild. Every page will have a different name. Go Erika! That's my girl! Try and convince these two, they have good reasons for living it up. (..)
    2008 Scusa ma ti chiamo amore