wild
adj 1: marked by extreme lack of restraint or control; "wild
ideas"; "wild talk"; "wild originality"; "wild
parties" [ant: {tame}]
2: in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated;
"wild geese"; "edible wild plants" [syn: {untamed}] [ant:
{tame}]
3: in a state of extreme emotion; "wild with anger"; "wild with
grief"
4: deviating widely from an intended course; "a wild bullet";
"a wild pitch"
5: (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud; "a violent
clash of colors"; "her dress was a violent red"; "a
violent noise"; "wild colors"; "wild shouts" [syn: {violent}]
6: not subjected to control or restraint; "a piano played with
a wild exuberance"- Louis Bromfield
7: talking or behaving irrationally; "a raving lunatic" [syn: {raving},
{raving mad}]
8: produced without being planted or without human labor; "wild
strawberries" [syn: {spontaneous}]
9: located in a dismal or remote area; desolate; "a desert
island"; "a godforsaken wilderness crossroads"; "a wild
stretch of land"; "waste places" [syn: {desert}, {godforsaken},
{waste}]
10: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
"barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: {barbarian},
{barbaric}, {savage}, {uncivilized}, {uncivilised}]
11: (of the elements) as if showing violent anger; "angry clouds
on the horizon"; "furious winds"; "the raging sea" [syn:
{angry}, {furious}, {raging}, {tempestuous}]
n 1: a wild primitive state untouched by civilization; "he lived
in the wild" [syn: {natural state}, {state of nature}]
2: a wild and uninhabited area [syn: {wilderness}]
adv 1: in an uncontrolled and rampant manner; "weeds grew rampantly
around here" [syn: {rampantly}]
2: in a wild or undomesticated manner; "growing wild"; "roaming
wild"
Source: WordNet® 2.0