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wilder

adjective as in intense, stormy

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Was the blackface scene with Gene Wilder in Silver Streak an important step in how American audiences view minstrelsy?

Douglas Wilder became the first African American governor of any state since Reconstruction in Virginia in 1990.

Some of the wilder criticisms of me notwithstanding, my column Monday made two basic points.

In Young Frankenstein, there is a scene in which Gene Wilder throws a dart and misses the target.

Zero Mostel gets Gene Wilder, Frank Langella gets Ron Moody, Gene Wilder gets Cleavon Little.

It was difficult to describe—a little sterner, a little wilder, a faint emphasis of the barbaric peering through it.

It may be that wilder and stronger birds tear him in pieces; that the frost and rain may chill his body, unused to exposure.

Wilder slowly drew himself up and looked inquiringly at Tootles.

Wilder flung a slipper across the room that missed Tootles head and clattered among the paint-brushes.

Wilder drew forth half a bottle of milk, an open tin of potted ham and several portions of bread.

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On this page you'll find 139 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to wilder, such as: savage, primitive, natural, lush, free, and barbarian.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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