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(săv'ĭj) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild: savage beasts of the jungle.
  2. Not civilized; barbaric: a people living in a savage state.
  3. Ferocious; fierce: in a savage temper.
  4. Vicious or merciless; brutal: a savage attack on a political rival. See synonyms at cruel.
  5. Lacking polish or manners; rude.
n.
  1. A person regarded as primitive or uncivilized.
  2. A person regarded as brutal, fierce, or vicious.
tr.v., -aged, -ag·ing, -ag·es.
  1. To assault ferociously.
  2. To attack without restraint or pity: The critics savaged the new play.

[Middle English sauvage, from Old French, from Late Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, of the woods, wild, from silva, forest.]

savagely sav'age·ly adv.
savageness sav'age·ness n.

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adjective

  1. Of or relating to wild animals: feral, wild. See wild/tame.
  2. Not civilized: barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, primitive, rude, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, wild. Archaic uncivil. See culture/nature, wild/tame.
  3. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See kind/cruel.
  4. So intense as to cause extreme suffering: cruel, ferocious, fierce, vicious. See help/harm/harmless, kind/cruel.


adj

Definition: cruel, vicious
Antonyms: benign, civilized, gentle, kind, nice

adj

Definition: wild, untamed
Antonyms: calm, civilized, domesticated, tame

mod. excellent. (Collegiate.)  Man, Fred is a totally savage guy.

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IN BRIEF: Wild, untamed; a wild, untamed person.

pronunciation Life is March weather, savage and serene in one hour. — Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882), American transcendentalist philosopher, essayist and lecturer.

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Severe trauma by biting. Said of horses savaging people, sows and bitches savaging litters.

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In an anthropological or scientific context, the term "savage" is controversial and usually considered obsolete. It can mean:

  • Any person, group or behavior distinct from civilization
    • Barbarian, a usually pejorative word for an uncivilized person
  • Indigenous peoples, non-Western groups whose history predates contact with Western culture
  • Primitive culture, a culture lacking modernity
  • Hunter-gatherer, a member of a society whose food is mostly procured directly from undomesticated sources
  • Band society, a comparatively simple form of human society
  • Tribe, a type of social organization distinct from states

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - vild, brutal, barbarisk, bidsk, grusom, voldsom, hensynsløs
n. - vildmand, barbar
v. tr. - skambide, mishandle

Nederlands (Dutch)
primitief, woest, gemeen, wild, wilde, woesteling

Français (French)
adj. - (lit) violent, cruel, d'une extrême violence, (fig) violent, féroce, virulent, lourd, primitif
n. - sauvage
v. tr. - attaquer sauvagement, déchirer, (fig) descendre (qch/qn) en flammes

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wilder, Barbar
v. - anfallen, zerfleischen
adj. - wild, unzivilisiert, brutal, schonungslos

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - άγριος, (μτφ.) αγροίκος, βάρβαρος
v. - κακοποιώ, κατασπαράσσω
adj. - άγριος, εξαγριωμένος, βίαιος

Italiano (Italian)
selvaggio, primitivo, violento, crudele, feroce

Português (Portuguese)
n. - selvagem (m)
v. - atacar ferozmente
adj. - selvagem, feroz

Русский (Russian)
дикарь, варвар, хам, варварский, свирепый, жестокий, неприрученный, взбешенный, невоспитанный, невозделанный, яростно нападать, жестоко обращаться

Español (Spanish)
adj. - salvaje, cruel, violento, furioso, enfurecido
n. - salvaje, hombre brutal
v. tr. - embestir, atacar, morder

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - vilde, barbar
v. - misshandla, behandla rått, anfalla
adj. - vild, ociviliserad, barbarisk, arg, rasande

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
野蛮的, 凶猛的, 未开化的, 原始的人, 粗鲁的人, 用暴力对付

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 野蠻的, 兇猛的, 未開化的
n. - 原始的人, 粗魯的人
v. tr. - 用暴力對付

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 야만의, 포악한, 무례한
n. - 미개인, 버르장머리 없는 사람, 잔인한 사람
v. tr. - 사람을 물어 뜯다, 맹렬히 공격하다, 폭력을 휘두르다

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 野蛮な, 未開の, 残忍な, 残酷な, 獰猛な, かんかんにおこった, 気難しい
n. - 野蛮人, 未開人, 蛮人, 粗野な人
v. - かむ, ひどく痛め付ける

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص ينتسب ألى مجتمع بدائي (فعل) يهاجم بعنف أو بقسوة (صفه) همجي, متوحش‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פראי, אכזר, עז, גס, זועם, רותח, פרימיטיבי‬
n. - ‮פרא‬
v. tr. - ‮תקף, נשך (לגבי חיה)‬


 
 

 

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