alle der Jagd unterliegenden Säugetiere (Haar-W.) u. Vögel (Feder-, Flug-W.).
ETYM Old Eng. bald, bold, AS. bald, beald; akin to Icel. ballr, Old High Germ. bald, Mid. High Germ. balt, Dutch boud, Goth. balthei boldness, Italian baldo. In German there remains only bald, adv. soon. Related to Bawd.
1. Clear and distinct.
2. Fearless and daring.
3. Marked by excessive confidence; SYN. cocksure, overconfident, positive.
4. Willing to take risks and try new things; SYN. venturesome.
Wild and menacing; SYN. savage.
Wild; untamed; savage; (of animal species) living in the wild, especially after previously being domesticated; funereal.
ETYM Latin ferox, -ocis, fierce: cf. French féroce. Related to Ferocity.
Marked by extreme and violent energy; SYN. fierce, furious, savage.
Marked by extreme intensity of emotions or convictions; fervid; SYN. tearing, vehement, violent.
ETYM Latin furiosus, from furia rage, fury: cf. French furieux. Related to Fury.
1. Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
2. Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
ETYM French hagard; of German origin, and prop. meaning, of the hegde or woods, wild, untamed. Related to Hedge, Haw, and -ard.
1. Wild or intractable; disposed to break away from duty; untamed.
2. Having the expression of one wasted by want or suffering; hollow-eyed; having the features distorted or wasted, or anxious in appearance.
Marked by uncontrollable exuberance; unruly
ETYM French, p. pr. of ramper to creep. Related to Ramp.
1. Unrestrained and violent.
2. (Heraldry) Rearing on left hind leg with forelegs elevated and head usually in profile; SYN. rearing.
Heraldic animal portrayed on its hind legs.
Heraldry, rearing up on hind legs; fierce; dominating; exuberant; unrestrained; rank; Architecture, having one abutment higher than other.
ETYM French sauvage, Old Fren. salvage, from Latin silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, from silva a wood. Related to Silvan, Sylvatic.
1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild.
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated.
3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude.
4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal.
ETYM Latin truculentus, from trux, gen. trucis, wild, fierce: cf. French truculent.
1. Aggressively hostile.
2. Defiantly aggressive.
3. Belligerent; cruel; pugnacious; defiant; aggressive.
1. Not domesticated.
2. Unaccustomed to home life.
1. In a natural state; not tamed or domesticated or cultivated; SYN. untamed.
2. In a state of extreme emotion
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3. Not subjected to control or restraint
4. Marked by extreme lack of restraint or control
5. Deviating widely from an intended course
6. Produced without being planted or without human labor; SYN. natural, spontaneous.
In an uncontrolled manner.
1. In an impassioned or very angry manner.
2. In a manner marked by extreme or violent energy.
3. (Of the elements) In a wild and stormy manner.
In a haggard manner.
1. In a defiantly truculent manner.
2. In an aggressively truculent manner.
1. In an uncontrolled or unrestrained manner.
2. To an extreme or greatly exaggerated degree.
3. With violent and uncontrollable passion.
ETYM Old Eng. game, gamen, AS. gamen, gomen, play, sport; akin to OS., Old High Germ., and Icel. gaman, Dan. gammen mirth, merriment, OSw. gamman joy. Related to Gammon a game, Backgammon, Gamble.
1. A contest with rules to determine a winner.
2. An amusement or pastime.
3. The equipment needed to play a game.
4. Animal hunted for food or sport.
5. The flesh of wild animals that is used for food.
6. Informal terms for an occupation; SYN. biz.
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