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savage

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[ sav-ij ]

adjective

  1. fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed:

    savage beasts.

    Synonyms: , , ,

    Antonyms:

  2. Offensive. relating to or being a preliterate people or society regarded as uncivilized or primitive.
  3. enraged or furiously angry, as a person.
  4. unpolished; rude:

    savage manners.

    Antonyms:

  5. wild or rugged, as country or scenery:

    savage wilderness.

    Synonyms: ,

    Antonyms:

  6. Archaic. uncultivated; growing wild.


noun

  1. a fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
  2. a rude, boorish person.

    Synonyms: ,

  3. Disparaging and Offensive. a member of a preliterate people or society regarded as uncivilized or primitive.

verb (used with object)

savaged, savaging.
  1. to assault and maul by biting, rending, goring, etc.; tear at or mutilate:

    numerous sheep savaged by dogs.

  2. to attack or criticize thoroughly or remorselessly; excoriate:

    a play savaged by the critics.

  3. to greatly weaken, damage, or harm:

    The age of automation and globalization, with companies searching for lower wages overseas, has savaged organized labor.

Savage

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[ sav-ij ]

noun

  1. Michael Joseph, 1872–1940, New Zealand statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1935–40.
  2. Richard, 1697?–1743, English poet.

savage

1

/ ˈæɪ /

adjective

  1. wild; untamed

    savage beasts of the jungle

  2. ferocious in temper; vicious

    a savage dog

  3. uncivilized; crude

    savage behaviour

  4. (of peoples) nonliterate or primitive

    a savage tribe

  5. (of terrain) rugged and uncultivated
  6. obsolete.
    far from human habitation
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a member of a nonliterate society, esp one regarded as primitive
  2. a crude or uncivilized person
  3. a fierce or vicious person or animal
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

verb

  1. to criticize violently
  2. to attack ferociously and wound

    the dog savaged the child

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Savage

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/ ˈæɪ /

noun

  1. SavageMichael Joseph18721940MNew ZealandPOLITICS: statesmanPOLITICS: prime minister Michael Joseph. 1872-1940, New Zealand statesman; prime minister of New Zealand (1935-40)
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of savage1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English adjective savage, saveage, sauvage, salvage, from Old French sauvage, salvage, savage, Anglo-French sawage, from Medieval Latin پܲ, for Latin پܲ, equivalent to silv(a) “woods” + -پܲ adjective suffix; noun derivative of the adjective
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of savage1

C13: from Old French sauvage, from Latin پܲ belonging to a wood, from silva a wood
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