wilderness Definition

wilderness
noun

1. An uncultivated or uninhabited region.

Thesaurus: wild, jungle, desert, forest, wasteland.
2. Any desolate or pathless area.
3. An overgrown tangle of weeds, etc.
4. A part of a garden or estate deliberately left wild for romantic effect.
5. politics.
The state of being without office or influence after playing a leading role.
6. A large confused or confusing assemblage.

Thesaurus: maze, tangle, jumble, confusion.
7. Any daunting maze.

Idiom: a voice crying in the wilderness

Someone with an important message or warning that goes unheeded, in allusion to Matthew 3.3.

Etymology: 13c: from Anglo-Saxon wilddeoren of wild beasts.