Antonyms for wildness

Grammar : Adj, noun

Spell : wahyld

Phonetic Transcription : waɪld

Definition of wildness

Origin : "to run wild," Old English awildian (see wild (adj.)). Wilding in the teen gang sense first recorded 1989.

As in ferocity : adj fierceness
As in intensity : noun passion, force
As in license : noun abandon, indulgence
As in tempest : noun wild storm; commotion
As in tumult : noun uproar, confusion
As in violence : noun extreme force, intensity
As in abandon : noun careless disregard for consequences
As in abandonment : noun abandon
As in disorderliness : noun unruliness
As in ferociousness : noun ferocity
As in fierceness : noun ferocity
As in fractiousness : noun unruliness
As in heedlessness : noun abandon
As in indocility : noun unruliness
As in intractability : noun unruliness
As in intractableness : noun unruliness
As in libertinism : noun license
As in licentiousness : noun license
As in obstinateness : noun unruliness
As in obstreperousness : noun unruliness
As in prodigality : noun extravagance
As in profligacy : noun extravagance
As in profligacy : noun license
As in recalcitrance : noun unruliness
As in recalcitrancy : noun unruliness
As in refractoriness : noun unruliness
As in uncontrollability : noun unruliness
As in uncontrollableness : noun unruliness
As in ungovernableness : noun unruliness
As in unmanageability : noun unruliness
As in unrestraint : noun abandon
As in unruliness : noun disorderliness
As in untowardness : noun unruliness
As in vehemency : noun intensity
As in wantonness : noun abandon
As in wastefulness : noun extravagance
As in desolation : noun uninhabitated area; barrenness
As in excitement : noun enthusiasm; incitement
As in extravagance : noun indulgence; waste

Example sentences :

"Oh, no, we must go—we must go," she said with a hint of wildness in her urgency.
Extract from : « The Innocent Adventuress » by Mary Hastings Bradley

Csar took it, but continued to look at Philip with eyes that were threatening in their wildness.
Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine

"True to their wildness, maybe," she answered him disdainfully.
Extract from : « Love-at-Arms » by Raphael Sabatini

There was no longer any chance for the wildness of the beast to crop out.
Extract from : « Is civilization a disease? » by Stanton Coit

But my master was soon sent away for a piece of wildness he did.
Extract from : « Maurice Tiernay Soldier of Fortune » by Charles James Lever

For all his wildness, Bunter had made no mistake in his marrying.
Extract from : « Tales Of Hearsay » by Joseph Conrad

A being of grace, of beauty, and of a wildness that was part of the Hills and wind!
Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock

Wildness was over all, but it was the wildness of former refinement.
Extract from : « Janet of the Dunes » by Harriet T. Comstock

Roaring in her ears, faces tumbling, lifting in a wildness about her.
Extract from : « Erik Dorn » by Ben Hecht

This miserable strife of thought now began to rage in all its wildness.
Extract from : « A Pair of Blue Eyes » by Thomas Hardy

Synonyms for wildness

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