wilderness
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- noun
- /ˈwɪldərnəs/
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maraña
- To hear her talk, this quiet, sparely furnished rental was Saint Anthony's own wilderness.
Before we reach the majestic shores of the Promised Land, there is a frustrating and bewildering wilderness ahead.
- Before we reach the majestic shores of the Promised Land, there is a frustrating and bewildering wilderness ahead.
- EWG is like having a wilderness guide to navigate you through the deep dark forest of toxic chemicals.
Examples
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Meanwhile, catastrophe theories have emerged from the wilderness of obscurity.
Academic text (1995) -
Without this awareness of future significance, the actual labor of doing history would be frustratingly haphazard: endless errands into the wilderness of the past, searching for meaning amid the flotsam of forgotten lives.
Academic text (2016) -
And that idea is very much part of a wilderness of error as well.
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No one has a chance in this wilderness.
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Somehow, somewhere I lost this knowledge in the wilderness of my own future.
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Trained professionals to guide you through the financial wilderness.
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After I lost myself in the wilderness of my grief, I found my way out of the woods.
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They are lost in the wilderness.
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The report was so complex that it felt like we were lost in a wilderness of data and figures.
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After reading through the dense regulations, I found myself in a wilderness of legal jargon that was hard to decipher.
Synonyms
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A difficult, confusing situation that is hard to get out of
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
A series of 1864 Civil War battles between Grant and Lee fought in thick forest with heavy losses
How Confusing
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Etymology
Wilderness comes from old English wild ('untamed') and -ness ('a state'), originally for rough land that is hard to control. That's why we also call a confusing mass of things a wilderness — it feels messy and difficult to find your way through.