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List of meaning for savage

out of control; untamed

savage, barbarian(noun)

a member of an uncivilized people

beast, wolf, savage, brute, wildcat(adj)

a cruelly rapacious person

barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious(adj)

(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"

feral, ferine, savage(adj)

wild and menacing

"a pack of feral dogs"

barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild(adj)

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"

ferocious, fierce, furious, savage(verb)

marked by extreme and violent energy

"a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"

savage(verb)

attack brutally and fiercely

savage, blast, pillory, crucify(verb)

criticize harshly or violently

"The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"

a mean, evil, or unprincipled person

what kind of savage would hurt a baby?

an uncivilized person

inhabitants of exotic lands were invariably portrayed by early travel writers as savages

not civilized

Tarzan is usually portrayed as a noble but savage warrior of the jungle

having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others

a savage attack on a helpless person

living outdoors without taming or domestication by humans

savage beasts that seemed threatening to the tourists

violently unfriendly or aggressive in disposition

early explorers avoided those areas that were rumored to be inhabited by savage natives

to criticize harshly and usually publicly

book reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel

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