wild
marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
How often you will meet it
Rank 561 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 34,674 times across 139,755 chapters — 0.016% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 1,000 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- marked by extreme lack of restraint or control wild talkwild parties
- in a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated also: untamed wild geeseedible wild plants
- in a state of extreme emotion wild with angerwild with grief
- deviating widely from an intended course a wild bullethe threw a wild pitch
- (of colors or sounds) intensely vivid or loud also: violent a violent clash of colorsher dress was a violent red
- without a basis in reason or fact also: baseless, groundless, idle, unfounded, unwarranted baseless gossipthe allegations proved groundless
wild in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Come, Joseph, for the wind now waxes wild.
The White Christmas and other Merry · Walter Ben Hare · Chapter 1
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A wild and wrathful clamor From all the vanguard rose.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1
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Johnny's music-club grew to be a spell to quiet wild beasts.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1
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The poor boy answered, "If wild mans come they eat me, you go away."
The Life and Most Surprising Adventures · Daniel Defoe · Chapter 1
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Arch had interested Colonel Pendleton in his "wild lands" at a horse sale in the Blue-grass.
The Heart of the Hills · John, Jr. Fox · Chapter 1