SAVAGE
/ˈsævɪdʒ/ ► audio Scrabble 10 Words With Friends 12
Definition
- verb attack brutally and fiercely.
- verb criticize harshly or violently.
— synonyms: blast, pillory, crucify
- noun a member of an uncivilized people.
— synonyms: barbarian
- noun a cruelly rapacious person.
— synonyms: beast, wolf, brute, wildcat
- adjective (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.
— synonyms: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious
- adjective wild and menacing.
— synonyms: feral, ferine
- adjective without civilizing influences.
— synonyms: barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
- adjective marked by extreme and violent energy.
— synonyms: ferocious, fierce, furious
Examples
- “No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.”
- “His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.”
- “a savage wilderness”
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