wildness

noun

Definition of wildnessnext
as in recklessness

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Recent Examples of wildness The Braves scored in the seventh without a hit, taking advantage of Jefry Yan's wildness. — CBS News, 12 Aug. 2026 The Twins then capitalized on Robert Gasser’s wildness to score three runs in the second. — ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026 Unlike cows, Garner said, yaks have not had all their wildness bred out of them. — David Kelly, Los Angeles Times, 8 Aug. 2026 That connection to the wildness of the lake can’t help but change you, Schatz says, and at some point becomes more than a visual touchstone. — Gina Grillo, Chicago Tribune, 3 Aug. 2026 There was a wildness in it, something animal that had slipped free. — Jayson Greene, Pitchfork, 25 July 2026 Instead, cinematographer Hoyte van Hoytema’s lens emphasizes the wildness of the landscape in a way that suggests how tentative civilization’s hold on this place is. — Alison Willmore, Vulture, 15 July 2026 Salonen guided the Colburn Orchestra with flexible authority, imposing order or inciting wildness as the moment required. — Alex Ross, New Yorker, 29 June 2026 The heat, the sunlight, the wildness of the landscape immediately locked me into the Greek atmosphere of the book. — Erik Pedersen, Oc Register, 16 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for wildness
  1. recklessness
  2. carelessness
  3. rashness
  4. laxness
  5. heedlessness
Noun
  • Bates was charged in Lake Superior Court with a felony count of criminal recklessness with a deadly weapon, a misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness and a misdemeanor count of public intoxication.
    — Post-Tribune, Chicago Tribune, 5 Aug. 2026
  • Shrum has been charged with battery by means of a deadly weapon and criminal recklessness committed with a deadly weapon, according to online court records reviewed by PEOPLE.
    — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of recklessness
Noun
  • It gets filed alongside carelessness, disorganization and not really trying, and the people who display it often apologize for it as though they’d been caught slacking.
    — Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
  • Either this is an issue of carelessness or a lack of communication between you and the cleaning service.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of carelessness
Noun
  • And yet, Washington responded to Genet not with rashness and bravado but with restraint made public law.
    — Maurizio Valsania, The Conversation, 9 Jan. 2026
  • His audacity and her rashness might surprise some.
    — Hanako Montgomery, CNN Money, 11 Oct. 2025
Definition of rashness
Noun
  • Still, being private isn’t a license to let laxness creep in.
    — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 31 Mar. 2026
Definition of laxness
Noun
  • Holden’s moral rigor is refreshing in a cultural moment marked by an unsettling mix of cynicism and heedlessness.
    — Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
  • The heedlessness of the children has touched her mood.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Definition of heedlessness

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“Wildness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/wildness. Accessed 16 Aug. 2026.

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