wilderness
/ˈwɪldənəs/
Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; a tract of such land; a waste or wild; A place other than land that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness
- plural
- wildernesses
Meanings
- 1
Uncultivated and unsettled land in its natural state inhabited by wild animals and with vegetation growing wild; (countable) a tract of such land; a waste or wild
The garden is turning into a wilderness.
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Could you survive alone in the wilderness?
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- 2
A place other than land (for example, the air or sea) that is uncared for, and therefore devoted to disorder or wildness
- 3
An ornamental part of a garden or park cultivated with trees and often a maze to evoke a natural wilderness
- 4
Unrefinedness; wildness
- 5
Chiefly followed by of: a bewildering flock or throng; a large, often jumbled, collection of things
- 6
A place or situation that is bewildering and in which one may get lost
- 7
Preceded by in the: a situation of disfavour or lack of recognition; (specifically, politics) of a politician, political party, etc.: a situation of being out of officerare