wildness

• Nom désignant la qualité ou l'état de ce qui est sauvage, pouvant évoquer une intensité émotionnelle extrême, un caractère turbulent ou indompté, un esprit rebelle, ou encore un état de nature brut et non cultivé.

A noun referring to the quality or state of being wild, which can describe extreme emotional intensity, a turbulent or untamed nature, an unruly disposition, or a barbarous, uncultivated state of nature.

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1. Extreme emotional intensityB2formal

   A feeling of being emotionally uncontrolled or intensely passionate.

   intensité émotionnelle extrême

   • The wildness of his anger frightened everyone in the room.
   • She felt a wildness of joy when she heard the good news.
   • The poem captures the wildness of first love.

   Synonymesdeliriumfervorfrenzyfurorintensitymadnesspassionvehemence

   Antonymescalmnesscomposurecontrolequanimityrestraintserenity

2. Turbulent or untamed natureB2formal

   The quality of being wild, turbulent, or not controlled.

   État sauvage, caractère indompté

   • The wildness of the storm kept everyone indoors.
   • He was drawn to the wildness of the ocean.
   • The landscape had a raw, untamed wildness.

   Synonymesdisorderferocitysavageryturbulenceunrestraintunrulinessviolence

   Antonymescalmnesscontroldomesticationorderlinesstameness

3. Unruly dispositionB2informal

   A tendency to behave freely and without restraint, often ignoring rules.

   caractère indompté

   • The child's wildness made it hard for the teacher to control the class.
   • His wildness as a teenager worried his parents.
   • The party had an air of wildness and rebellion.

   Synonymesabandonboisterousnessdisorderlinessfiercenessrecklessnessrowdinessturbulenceunrulinesswantonness

   Antonymescontroldisciplinedocilityobediencerestrainttameness

4. Uncultivated state of natureC1formal

   A condition of being barbarous or uncultivated, far from civilization.

   état sauvage

   • Explorers wrote about the wildness of the uncharted jungle.
   • The novel describes the wildness of the frontier.
   • They sought to escape the wildness of the wilderness.

   Synonymesbarbarismprimitivenesssavagerywildwilderness

   Antonymescultivationdomesticationtameness