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adjective
1.
fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
2.
uncivilized; barbarous: savage tribes.
3.
enraged or furiously angry, as a person.
4.
unpolished; rude: savage manners.
5.
EXPANDwild or rugged, as country or scenery: savage wilderness.
6.
COLLAPSEArchaic. uncultivated; growing wild.
noun
7.
an uncivilized human being.
8.
a fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
9.
a rude, boorish person.
10.
a member of a preliterate society.
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Savaged
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verb (used with object)
11.
to assault and maul by biting, rending, goring, etc.; tear at or mutilate: numerous sheep savaged by dogs.
12.
to attack or criticize thoroughly or remorselessly; excoriate: a play savaged by the critics.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English savage, sauvage (adj.) < Middle French sauvage, salvage < Medieval Latin salvāticus, for Latin silvāticus, equivalent to silv(a) woods + -āticus adj. suffix
1250–1300; Middle English savage, sauvage (adj.) < Middle French sauvage, salvage < Medieval Latin salvāticus, for Latin silvāticus, equivalent to silv(a) woods + -āticus adj. suffix
Related forms
sav·age·ly, adverb
sav·age·ness, noun
half-sav·age, adjective
half-sav·age·ly, adverb
pre·sav·age, adjective
EXPANDqua·si-sav·age, adjective
qua·si-sav·age·ly, adverb
sem·i·sav·age, adjective
sem·i·sav·age, noun
un·sav·age, adjective
un·sav·age·ly, adverb
un·sav·age·ness, noun
COLLAPSESynonyms
1. wild, feral, fell; bloodthirsty. See cruel. 2. wild. 3. infuriated. 5. rough, uncultivated. 9. churl, oaf.
1. wild, feral, fell; bloodthirsty. See cruel. 2. wild. 3. infuriated. 5. rough, uncultivated. 9. churl, oaf.
Antonyms
1. mild. 2, 4. cultured. 5. cultivated.
1. mild. 2, 4. cultured. 5. cultivated.
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savage
c.1300, "wild, undomesticated, untamed" (of animals and places), from O.Fr. sauvage, salvage "wild, savage, untamed," from L.L. salvaticus, alteration of silvaticus "wild," lit. "of the woods," from silva "forest, grove." Of persons, the meaning "reckless, ungovernable" is attested from c.1400l earlier
EXPANDin sense "indomitable, valiant" (c.1300). Implications of ferocity are attested from 1579, earlier of animals (1407). The noun meaning "wild person" is from 1588; the verb meaning "to tear with the teeth, maul" is from 1880.
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