Meaning & Definition of Savage in English
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Savage
/sævəʤ/
noun
1. A member of an uncivilized people
synonym:
- savage,
- barbarian
2. A cruelly rapacious person
synonym:
- beast,
- wolf,
- savage,
- brute,
- wildcat
verb
1. Attack brutally and fiercely
synonym:
- savage
2. Criticize harshly or violently
- "The press savaged the new president"
- "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
synonym:
- savage,
- blast,
- pillory,
- crucify
adjective
1. (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"
synonym:
- barbarous,
- brutal,
- cruel,
- fell,
- roughshod,
- savage,
- vicious
2. Wild and menacing
- "A pack of feral dogs"
synonym:
- feral,
- ferine,
- savage
3. 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"
synonym:
- barbarian,
- barbaric,
- savage,
- uncivilized,
- uncivilised,
- wild
4. Marked by extreme and violent energy
- "A ferocious beating"
- "Fierce fighting"
- "A furious battle"
synonym:
- ferocious,
- fierce,
- furious,
- savage
Examples of using
We were frightened by a savage scream.
The Anglo-Saxons will not just take your land. They will also take you as a slave, then, when you die, they're going to store your bones in a museum and describe you as a savage in their history books. They are also going to make a couple of movies to show how ugly you were and how brave their heroes were.
Music has charms to soothe the savage beast.