wilden

W4I1L1D2E1N1
/ˈwaɪldən/

verb

to make or become wild or wilder

UncommonScrabble 10

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wilden1

verbwilden (third-person singular simple present wildens, present participle wildening, simple past and past participle wildened)

present singular third person wildens · participle present wildening · participle past wildened · past wildened

  1. ambitransitiveto make or become wild or wilder

    In any event, our relations with Dorthillion have become poor since the ways have wildened.

    2011, K. S. Mulholland, Varlarsaga, volume 2, page 114
    2 more examples

    The glorification of the business-man which is the effect of the present government's capital profits, expense account and pension fund policies is ‘wildening’ our capitalism.

    1965, Wayland Hilton Young, Wayland Kennet, Thirty-four Articles, page 70

    His alembic furnished Highland spring water. We sat for a while in companionable silence. The weather wildened.

    2010, Poul Anderson, Operation Luna

Wilden2

proper noun
  1. A village and civil parish in Bedford borough, Bedfordshire, England (OS grid ref TL0955).
  2. A village in Stourport-on-Severn parish, Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire, England (OS grid ref SO8272).

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APA

wilden. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wilden

MLA

“wilden.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wilden. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wilden,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wilden.

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