savage

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savage Definition

• (n) a member of an uncivilized people
• (n) a cruelly rapacious person
• (s) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin''s roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
• (s) wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
• (s) without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
• (s) marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
• (v) attack brutally and fiercely
• (v) criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

savage Synonyms

• barbarian
• barbaric
• barbarous
• beast
• brutal
• brute
• crucify
• cruel
• fell
• feral
• ferine
• ferocious
• fierce
• furious
• pillory
• roughshod
• savage
• uncivilised
• uncivilized
• vicious
• wild
• wildcat
• wolf