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Wildness

The quality or state of being wild; an uncultivated or untamed state; disposition to rove or go unrestrained; rudeness; savageness; irregularity; distraction.

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Broader term 7

Intensity 76% connected

The state or quality of being intense; intenseness; extreme degree; as, intensity of heat, cold, mental application, passion, etc.

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Intensiveness 76% connected

The quality or state of being intensive; intensity.

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Intractability 76% connected

The quality of being intractable; intractableness.

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Passion 76% connected

A suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress (as, a cardiac passion); specifically, the suffering of Christ betwee…

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Passionateness 76% connected

The state or quality of being passionate.

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Unruliness 76% connected

Quality or state unruly.

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Wilfulness 76% connected

See Willful, Willfully, and Willfulness.

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Savageness 76% connected

The state or quality of being savage.

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Savagery 76% connected

The state of being savage; savageness; savagism.

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Wild 74% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Wild 74% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Attribute 2

Wild 66% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Wild 66% connected

Living in a state of nature; inhabiting natural haunts, as the forest or open field; not familiar with, or not easily approached by, man; not tamed o…

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Synonym 5

Abandon 92% connected

To cast or drive out; to banish; to expel; to reject.

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Ferocity 92% connected

Savage wildness or fierceness; fury; cruelty; as, ferocity of countenance.

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Fury 92% connected

A thief.

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Vehemence 92% connected

The quality pr state of being vehement; impetuous force; impetuosity; violence; fury; as, the vehemence.

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Violence 92% connected

The quality or state of being violent; highly excited action, whether physical or moral; vehemence; impetuosity; force.

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Domestication 94% connected

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

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Domestication 94% connected

The act of domesticating, or accustoming to home; the action of taming wild animals.

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