wildernesses

noununinhabited area
nounforest

Synonyms for wildernesses

noun uninhabited area

Antonyms for wildernesses

Word Origin & History

c.1200, from Old English wildeoren "wild, savage," from wildern (adj.) "wild, savage" (from wilde "wild;" see wild (adj.) + deor "animal;" see deer) + -ness. Cf. Dutch wildernis, German Wildernis, though the usual form is Wildnis.

Example Sentences for wildernesses

Were all wildernesses like it, to live in a wilderness would be better than to live in a city.

The wildernesses about, that had grown to brushwood, were cleared away.

The evil of Papacy had not reached them at once in their wildernesses.

I am most truly glad to see a countryman of his in these Gothic wildernesses.

He had, in the days of long ago, fished in the Adirondack wildernesses.

The ostrich makes its home in the African plains and wildernesses.

He is a great scene-painter of wildernesses and lawless places, indeed.

Live and let live is clearly not the maxim taught in these wildernesses.

There are boats on the lake and shady depths and wildernesses of pine-wood.

Now ever since the first of these discoveries, the French have been talking about cultivating and inhabiting these wildernesses.