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Definition of Savage

1. Adjective. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. "Vicious kicks"

2. Verb. Attack brutally and fiercely.

3. Noun. A member of an uncivilized people.

4. Adjective. Wild and menacing. "A pack of feral dogs"

5. Verb. Criticize harshly or violently. "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

6. Noun. A cruelly rapacious person.

7. Adjective. Without civilizing influences. "Wild tribes"

8. Adjective. Marked by extreme and violent energy. "A furious battle"

Definition of Savage

1. a. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

2. n. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

3. v. t. To make savage.

Definition of Savage

1. Adjective. wild; not cultivated ¹

2. Adjective. barbaric; not civilized ¹

3. Adjective. fierce and ferocious ¹

4. Adjective. brutal, vicious(,) or merciless ¹

5. Adjective. (UK slang) unpleasant or unfair ¹

6. Noun. (pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian. ¹

7. Noun. (figuratively) A defiant person. ¹

8. Verb. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint. ¹

9. Verb. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently. ¹

10. Verb. (context: of an animal) To attack with the teeth ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Savage

1. fierce [adj -AGER, -AGEST] : SAVAGELY [adv] / to attack or treat brutally [v -AGED, -AGING, -AGES] - See also: fierce

Medical Definition of Savage

1. To make savage. "Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf." (South) 1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. 2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. "Cornels, and savage berries of the wood." (Dryden) 3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. "What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity?" (E. D. Griffin) 4. Characterised by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. Synonym: Ferocious, wild, uncultivated, untamed, untaught, uncivilized, unpolished, rude, brutish, brutal, heathenish, barbarous, cruel, inhuman, fierce, pitiless, merciless, unmerciful, atrocious. See Ferocious. Origin: F. Sauvage, OF. Salvage, fr. L. Silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. Silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Savage

sauting sautoir sautoire sautoires sautoirs sautrie sautries sauts sautés sauvagine

sauvegarde sav savable savableness savacioun savage (current term) savaged savagedom savagely savageness

savagenesses savager savageries savagery savages savagest savaging savagism savagisms savaloy

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