savage
Plural: savages
Noun
- a member of an uncivilized people
- a cruelly rapacious person
- A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.
- An aggressively defiant person.
- Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.
- A wild and ferocious beast.
Verb
Verb Forms: savaged, savaging, savages
- To attack ferociously; to maul or criticize brutally.
- attack brutally and fiercely
- criticize harshly or violently
- "The press savaged the new President"
- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
- To criticise vehemently.
- To attack with the teeth.
- To make savage.
Adjective Satellite
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- "a savage slap"
- wild and menacing
- without civilizing influences; ; ; ; -Margaret Meade
- "a savage people"
- marked by extreme and violent energy
Adj
- Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
- Barbaric; not civilized.
- Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
- Fierce and ferocious.
- Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
- Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
- Unpleasant or unfair.
- Great, brilliant, amazing.
- Severe, rude, aggressive.
Adjective
- Fierce, wild, or untamed; also, extremely cruel or brutal.
Examples
- a savage forest
- a savage spirit
- a savage wilderness
- He gave the dog a savage kick.
- His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
- His savage Scrabble strategy aimed to block every potential play from his opponent.
- No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.
- savage beasts
- savage manners
- The expert player would savage any opening on the board, leaving no points untouched.
- The woman was killed in a savage manner.
- Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.
- Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill.
- – I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage!
- – They were so savage to them!
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, untamed”), from Late Latin salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (“wild”, literally “of the woods”), from silva (“forest; grove”). Doublet of sylvatic.
Synonyms
barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, beast, blast, brutal, brute, crucify, cruel, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, furious, pillory, roughshod, uncivilised, uncivilized, vicious, wild, wildcat, wolf
Scrabble Score: 10
savage: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsavage: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
savage: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary