SAVAGE
Scrabble letter values: S1A1V4A1G2E1 = 10
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
- “The press savaged the new President”
- “The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage”
- “a barbarous crime”