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wilder Definition

wil·der (wil′dər)

transitive verb, intransitive verb

  1. to lose or cause to lose one's way
  2. to bewilder or become bewildered

Etymology: prob. < wilderness

Wilder Definition

Wil·der (wīl′dər)

  1. Wilder, Billy (born Samuel Wilder) 1906-2002; U.S. film writer & director, born in Austria-Hungary

  2. wīl′dər

    Wilder, Laura Ingalls (iŋ′gəlz) (Mrs. Almanzo Wilder) 1867-1957; U.S. author of children's books

  3. wīld′ər

    Wilder, Thornton (Niven) (t̸hôrnt′'n) 1897-1975; U.S. novelist & playwright

wilder Usage Examples

Object

  • area: All around the distillery site are rolling, fertile fields and in the distance wilder upland areas.
  • woman: Wild looked the men, yet wilder the women.
  • scheme: It was afterward claimed that during the Second World War Attlee worked as a restraining influence on some of Churchill's more wilder schemes.

Modifying Another Word

  • even: Even wilder, was the idea of watching Cliff working in the studio.
  • much: Ritual is really much older than thought; it is much simpler and much wilder than thought.
  • still: They grew wilder still, chanting: " Protarus!