Savage

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  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild.
  • adjective. Not civilized; barbaric.
  • adjective. undefined
  • adjective. Vicious or merciless; brutal.
  • adjective. Characterized by or showing hostility; unforgiving.
  • adjective. Extreme in strength or degree.
  • noun. A member of a people regarded as primitive, uncivilized, brutal, or fierce.
  • transitive verb. To assault ferociously.
  • transitive verb. To attack without restraint or pity.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To make wild, barbarous, or cruel.
  • To act the savage; indulge in cruel or barbarous deeds.
  • Of or pertaining to the forest or wilderness.
  • Possessing, characterized by, or presenting the wildness of the forest or wilderness.
  • Living in the forests or wilds.
  • Not domesticated; feral; wild; hence, fierce; ferocious; untamed: as, savage beasts of prey.
  • Brutal; beastly.
  • Living in the lowest condition of development; uncultivated and wild; uncivilized: as, savage tribes.
  • Of, pertaining to, or characteristic of man in such a condition; unpolished; rude: as, savage life or manners.
  • Barbarous; fierce; cruel.
  • Wild or enraged as from provocation, irritation, restraint, etc.
  • In heraldry, nude; naked; in blazonry, noting human figures unclothed, as the supporters of the arms of Prussia.
  • Synonyms and Brutish, heathenish.
  • Pitiless, merciless, unmerciful, remorseless, bloody, murderous.
  • noun. A wild or uncivilized human being; a member of a race or tribe in the lowest stage of development or cultivation.
  • noun. An unfeeling, brutal, or cruel person; a fierce or cruel man or woman, whether civilized or uncivilized; a barbarian.
  • noun. A wild or fierce animal.
  • noun. Same as jack of the clock. See jack.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
  • noun. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
  • transitive verb. To make savage.
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild.
  • adjective. Wild; untamed; uncultivated.
  • adjective. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude.
  • adjective. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. wild; not cultivated
  • adjective. barbaric; not civilized
  • adjective. fierce and ferocious
  • adjective. brutal, vicious, or merciless
  • adjective. unpleasant or unfair
  • noun. An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
  • noun. A defiant person.
  • verb. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
  • verb. To criticise vehemently.
  • verb. To attack with the teeth
  • verb. To make savage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. without civilizing influences
  • verb. criticize harshly or violently
  • verb. attack brutally and fiercely
  • noun. a cruelly rapacious person
  • Word Usage
    ""In the estimation of niggers your garments are hideous; your legs they think elephantine, your red beard frightful, and your blue eyes savage -- _savage_! think of that.""
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    Draconian  Goth  Gothic  Hun  Mafioso  
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