wilderness
wil der nuhs
- n (politics) a state of disfavor
he led the Democratic party back from the wilderness - n a wooded region in northeastern Virginia near Spotsylvania where bloody but inconclusive battles were fought in the American Civil War
- n a wild and uninhabited area left in its natural condition
it was a wilderness preserved for the hawks and mountaineers - n a bewildering profusion
the duties of citizenship are lost sight of in the wilderness of interests of individuals and groups
a wilderness of masts in the harbor
- But if the wilderness fad has made it easier to protect wild country from development, it has made it harder to protect wild country from the exploding ranks of wilderness .
- Much of this wilderness is so huge and empty and emphatically inhospitable that it is difficult to picture its ever succumbing to the crush of civilization.
- Christ was tempted by Satan in the wilderness of Judah, so the Bible says, and James Pike was determined to go there too"to meditate," as his wife wistfully recalled later,.