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wild
adjective as in untamed
adjective as in disorderly, rowdy
Weak matches
boisterous, chaotic, crazed, enthusiastic, extravagant, flighty, foolhardy, foolish, giddy, hysterical, impetuous, imprudent, incautious, lawless, licentious, mad, noisy, outrageous, preposterous, rabid, reckless, riotous, self-willed, turbulent, unbridled, uncontrolled, undisciplined, unfettered, ungovernable, unmanageable, unrestrained, unruly, uproarious, violent, wayward
adjective as in intense, stormy
adjective as in exciting; unexpected; peculiar
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Strong matches
impracticable, irrational, kooky, strange, unexpected, wacky, weird
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Example Sentences
A couple of wild hacks at Henry, then a nip-backer to take the top of middle stump sent Crawley on his way for a frantic 17.
The world’s oldest known wild bird, a 74-year-old Laysan albatross named Wisdom, is expected to welcome another baby chick in the coming months, astonishing scientists who have been tracking her since the Eisenhower administration.
"Quarries provide valuable habitats for wild bees and other animals and plants that occur on the now rare calcareous grasslands," explains lead author Dr Felix Kirsch from the Institute of Biodiversity at the Thünen Institute.
It was in that state that he watched one of his favorite comfort films, the jazzy 1964 French musical “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg,” and suddenly, Oppenheimer had his wild eureka moment.
Mr. Davis, the former head of digital art at Christie’s in Manhattan, was recalling one of the wildest crazes ever.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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