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- pronunciation:
- sae
vihj
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun, transitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective, noun, verb)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
ferocious and cruel; fierce.
a savage attacksavage remarks- synonyms:
- barbarous, brutal, cruel, ferocious, hostile, truculent, vicious
- antonyms:
- mild
- similar words:
- brute, fell, fierce, harsh, malicious, merciless, relentless, ruthless, violent
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| definition 2: |
untamed or wild.
the savage beasts- synonyms:
- feral, undomesticated, untamed, wild
- similar words:
- brute, fierce, uncivilized, uncultivated, violent
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| definition 3: |
uncivilized or barbaric; primitive.
- synonyms:
- barbaric, barbarous, uncivilized
- antonyms:
- civilized
- similar words:
- barbarian, boorish, coarse, crude, heathen, primitive, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, vulgar, wild
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| definition 4: |
furiously angry.
- synonyms:
- enraged, furious, incensed, infuriated, irate
- similar words:
- angry, mad, maddened, rabid
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| related words: |
atrocious, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, cruel, gory, inhuman, virulent, wanton |
adverb + (adj.)savage
most
(adj.)savage
+ adverb
within
(adj.)savage
+ noun
act,
anger,
animal,
assault,
atrocity,
attack,
battle,
beast,
beating,
beauty,
bite,
blow,
breast,
brute,
capitalism,
continent,
creature,
criticism,
cruelty,
cry,
custom,
cut,
dictatorship,
encounter,
fight,
fighting,
fury,
gang,
grin,
growl,
guerrilla,
hound,
hunger,
hunter,
inequality,
irony,
isolation,
jerk,
jungle,
kick,
killer,
killing,
lust,
manuscript,
mutant,
native,
nature,
philosophy,
predator,
punch,
rape,
repression,
reprisal,
revenge,
rifle,
satire,
shadow,
snarl,
spectacle,
storm,
strike,
stroke,
thrust,
tooth,
torture,
truth,
uprising,
violence,
warfare,
warrior,
wit,
wolf
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a cruel, vicious, or ferocious person.
Her friends wished she would leave that savage that she was married to.- synonyms:
- animal, barbarian, fiend, monster
- similar words:
- fury, maniac, ogre
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| definition 2: |
an uncivil person.
He considered his sister's children to be little ill-mannered savages.- synonyms:
- barbarian, boor, Goth
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| definition 3: |
(offensive; old-fashioned) a member of a group of people thought to be part of a primitive civilization.
- synonyms:
- primitive
- similar words:
- barbarian
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| related words: |
beast, brute, primitive |
adjective + (n.)savage
barbaric,
barbarous,
blood-thirsty,
brutal,
cruel,
ferocious,
fierce,
heathen,
ignorant,
lawless,
merciless,
murderous,
naked,
noble,
primitive,
so-called,
squalid,
stereotyped,
superstitious,
uncivilized,
unknown,
vicious,
wild
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verb + (n.)savage
inhabit, murder, regard
(n.)savage
+ verb
characterize, convert, kill, lack, leap, portray
noun + (n.)savage
barbarian, bunch, digger, grandchild, image, myth, primitive, slave, tribe
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
savages, savaging, savaged |
| definition 1: |
to tear apart with ferocity, as a wild animal attacks and tears at its prey.
The hyena savaged its prey.- synonyms:
- maul
- similar words:
- attack, mangle, mutilate, rip, tear
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| definition 2: |
to criticize brutally.
The critics savaged his new novel.- synonyms:
- attack, censure, denounce, rip into
- similar words:
- condemn, criticize, denigrate, disparage
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| related words: |
butcher, maim, maul, murder |
adverb + (v.)savage
even, how, just, more, really, regularly, then, when
(v.)savage
+ noun
administration,
book,
candidate,
city,
critic,
day,
democrat,
group,
hair,
life,
media,
mountain,
murder,
people,
press,
public,
republican,
reputation,
stock,
time,
town,
war,
woman,
work,
world
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| derivations: |
savagely (adv.), savageness (n.) |
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