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Meanings of wildness in English

Portuguese
violência
Catalan
fúria
Spanish
violencia

The property of being wild or turbulent.

      violência
      Catalan
      estat salvatge
      Spanish
      fiereza

      An intractably barbarous or uncultivated state of nature.

            estat salvatge

            A feeling of extreme emotional intensity.

                  Usage of wildness in English
                  1
                  The wildness of the boy that had persisted in me was gone.
                  The Rustlers of Pecos County
                  2
                  We are not so threatened by the power and wildness within you.
                  Promise of the wolves: a novel
                  3
                  Roaring in her ears, faces tumbling, lifting in a wildness about her.
                  Erik Dorn
                  4
                  Next day it was to appear to her in all its wildness.
                  Mary Stuart / Celebrated Crimes
                  5
                  The scenery has a wildness that approaches to that of the Rhine.
                  Views A-foot; Or, Europe Seen with Knapsack and Staff
                  6
                  I may have caught something of the natural wildness of my companions.
                  The Island of Dr. Moreau
                  7
                  To the rich wildness of nature is added the wildness of man.
                  Russian Rambles
                  8
                  The vague stories of earlier wildness she had held no account of.
                  Thyrza
                  9
                  All her wildness seemed to rise up and rush to the surface.
                  December Love
                  10
                  These gave a touch of romantic wildness to the otherwise peaceful scene.
                  Lady Bridget in the Never-Never Land: a story of Australian life
                  11
                  For all his wildness, Bunter had made no mistake in his marrying.
                  Tales Of Hearsay
                  12
                  As it was public property it had kept intact its native wildness.
                  The Story of a Child
                  13
                  She thought of the spasms of apparent pain, the wildness and desperation.
                  Sword of Honour
                  14
                  It was a spot of semi-sylvan wildness that they were fond of.
                  The Web of Life
                  15
                  But, in the wildness of the dream, she had not rejected him.
                  Sword of Honour
                  16
                  If he was to be married, this wildness must now be curbed.
                  East of the sun
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                  Translations for wildness
                  Portuguese
                  violência
                  Wildness through the time
                  Wildness across language varieties
                  United Kingdom
                  Common
                  United States of America
                  Less common