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wildering

wildering noun: a plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.

Noun

wildering (plural wilderings)

  1. A plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.

Adjective

wildering (comparative more wildering, superlative most wildering)

  1. (poetic) Bewildering.
    • Alas! how weak is reason's wildering chain!
      How low we fall, from heights we seek to gain!
      The lamp of Science, through the mists afar,
      Fades like the sun upon the Georgian star; […]1827, Lydia Sigourney, Poems, The Georgian Planet, page 88

Forms of wildering

Noun
pluralwilderings
Adjective
comparativemore wildering
superlativemost wildering

Questions about wildering

What does wildering mean?
Wildering means a plant growing in a state of nature, especially one that has run wild or escaped from cultivation.
What part of speech is wildering?
Wildering can be a noun or an adjective.
What is the plural of wildering?
The plural of wildering is wilderings.

Words near wildering in the dictionary

  1. wilder
  2. Wilder effect
  3. wilder pee
  4. wilder-pee
  5. wildered
  6. wildering
  7. wilderings
  8. Wilderman
  9. Wildermans
  10. wilderment
  11. wilderments

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