Definition of WILDNESS

wildness

Meanings

Plural: wildnesses

Noun

  • a feeling of extreme emotional intensity
    • "the wildness of his anger"
  • the property of being wild or turbulent
  • an unruly disposition to do as one pleases
    • "Liza had always had a tendency to wildness"
    • "the element of wildness in his behavior was a protest against repressive convention"
  • an intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature
  • The state or quality of being wild.

Origin / Etymology

From Middle English wildenes, wildenesse, equivalent to wild + -ness.

Scrabble Score: 12

wildness is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
wildness is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
wildness is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 14

wildness is a valid Words With Friends word