Difference between revisions of "Savage"
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# [[wild]]; not [[cultivated]] | # [[wild]]; not [[cultivated]] | ||
# [[barbaric]]; not [[civilized]] | # [[barbaric]]; not [[civilized]] | ||
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# [[fierce]] and [[ferocious]] | # [[fierce]] and [[ferocious]] | ||
# [[brutal]], [[vicious]]{{,}} or [[merciless]] | # [[brutal]], [[vicious]]{{,}} or [[merciless]] | ||
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# {{pejorative}} An [[uncivilized]] or [[feral]] human; a [[barbarian]]. | # {{pejorative}} An [[uncivilized]] or [[feral]] human; a [[barbarian]]. | ||
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# {{figuratively}} A [[defiant]] person. | # {{figuratively}} A [[defiant]] person. | ||
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# To [[attack]] or [[assault]] someone or something [[ferociously]] or without [[restraint]]. | # To [[attack]] or [[assault]] someone or something [[ferociously]] or without [[restraint]]. | ||
| − | # {{figuratively}} To [[ | + | # {{figuratively}} To [[criticize]] [[vehemently]]. |
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# {{context|of an animal}} To [[attack]] with the [[teeth]] | # {{context|of an animal}} To [[attack]] with the [[teeth]] | ||
===Adverbs for Savage=== | ===Adverbs for Savage=== | ||
| − | + | cruelly; bestially; unbelievably; inhumanly; brutally; ferociously; fiercely; furiously; barbarously; pitilessly; ruthlessly; unmercifully; grossly; relentlessly; wildly; singularly; lawlessly. | |
| − | cruelly; bestially; unbelievably; inhumanly; | + | |
| − | brutally; ferociously; fiercely; furiously; | + | |
| − | barbarously; pitilessly; ruthlessly; unmercifully; grossly; relentlessly; wildly; singularly; lawlessly. | + | |
===Thesaurus=== | ===Thesaurus=== | ||
| − | + | [[abrade]], [[abuse]], [[afflict]], [[aggressive]], [[aggrieve]], [[agonize]], [[animal]], [[antagonistic]], [[assault]], [[atrocious]], [[attack]], [[baneful]], [[barbarian]], [[barbaric]], [[barbarize]], [[barbarous]], [[bark]], [[batter]], [[battling]], [[beast]], [[beastly]], [[befoul]], [[beldam]], [[bellicose]], [[belligerent]], [[berserk]], [[berserker]], [[bestial]], [[bewitch]], [[blemish]], [[blight]], [[bloodthirsty]], [[bloody]], [[bloody-minded]], [[bomber]], [[break]], [[bruise]], [[brutal]], [[brutalize]], [[brutalized]], [[brute]], [[brutish]], [[buffet]], [[burn]], [[butcher]], [[cannibal]], [[cannibalistic]], [[carry on]], [[chafe]], [[chauvinist]], [[chauvinistic]], [[check]], [[chip]], [[claw]], [[coldhearted]], [[combative]], [[condemn]], [[contentious]], [[convulse]], [[corrupt]], [[crack]], [[craze]], [[crucify]], [[cruel]], [[cruel-hearted]], [[curse]], [[cut]], [[damage]], [[deadly]], [[death-bringing]], [[deathful]], [[deathly]], [[defile]], [[demon]], [[demoniac]], [[demoniacal]], [[demonic]], [[deprave]], [[despoil]], [[destroy]], [[destroyer]], [[destructive]], [[devil]], [[devilish]], [[diabolic]], [[disadvantage]], [[disserve]], [[distress]], [[do a mischief]], [[do evil]], [[do ill]], [[do violence to]], [[do wrong]], [[do wrong by]], [[do wrong to]], [[doom]], [[dragon]], [[enemy]], [[enraged]], [[envenom]], [[excruciate]], [[fatal]], [[fell]], [[feral]], [[ferine]], [[ferocious]], [[fiend]], [[fiendish]], [[fiendlike]], [[fierce]], [[fighting]], [[fighting mad]], [[fire-eater]], [[firebrand]], [[fracture]], [[fray]], [[frazzle]], [[fret]], [[full of fight]], [[fuming]], [[furious]], [[fury]], [[gall]], [[gash]], [[get into trouble]], [[go on]], [[goon]], [[gorilla]], [[grim]], [[gunsel]], [[hammer]], [[harass]], [[hardnose]], [[harm]], [[harrow]], [[harsh]], [[hawkish]], [[heartless]], [[hell-raiser]], [[hellcat]], [[hellhound]], [[hellion]], [[hellish]], [[hex]], [[holy terror]], [[hood]], [[hoodlum]], [[hopping mad]], [[hostile]], [[hothead]], [[hotspur]], [[hurt]], [[hyena]], [[ill-bred]], [[ill-treat]], [[ill-use]], [[impair]], [[impale]], [[implacable]], [[impolite]], [[in a rage]], [[incendiary]], [[incise]], [[infect]], [[infernal]], [[infuriate]], [[infuriated]], [[inhuman]], [[inhumane]], [[inimical]], [[injure]], [[internecine]], [[jingo]], [[jingoish]], [[jingoist]], [[jingoistic]], [[jinx]], [[kill by inches]], [[kill-crazy]], [[killer]], [[killing]], [[knock about]], [[lacerate]], [[lancinate]], [[lay waste]], [[lethal]], [[loot]], [[macerate]], [[mad dog]], [[madcap]], [[maim]], [[make mincemeat of]], [[malign]], [[malignant]], [[maltreat]], [[man-eater]], [[manhandle]], [[martial]], [[martyr]], [[martyrize]], [[maul]], [[menace]], [[merciless]], [[militant]], [[militaristic]], [[military]], [[mishandle]], [[mistreat]], [[molest]], [[monster]], [[mortal]], [[mug]], [[mugger]], [[murderous]], [[mutilate]], [[nihilist]], [[noncivilized]], [[offensive]], [[outlandish]], [[outrage]], [[pernicious]], [[persecute]], [[pierce]], [[pillage]], [[pitiless]], [[play havoc with]], [[play hob with]], [[poison]], [[pollute]], [[prejudice]], [[primeval]], [[primitive]], [[pugnacious]], [[puncture]], [[punish]], [[quarrelsome]], [[rabid]], [[rack]], [[rage]], [[raging]], [[ramp]], [[rampage]], [[rant]], [[ranting]], [[rapacious]], [[rape]], [[rapist]], [[rave]], [[ravenous]], [[raving]], [[raving mad]], [[relentless]], [[rend]], [[revolutionary]], [[riot]], [[rip]], [[roar]], [[roaring mad]], [[rough]], [[rough up]], [[rough-and-ready]], [[rude]], [[rugged]], [[ruin]], [[run]], [[rupture]], [[ruthless]], [[saber-rattling]], [[sack]], [[sadistic]], [[sanguinary]], [[sanguineous]], [[satanic]], [[scald]], [[scarify]], [[scathe]], [[scorch]], [[scotch]], [[scrape]], [[scrappy]], [[scratch]], [[scuff]], [[shark]], [[sharkish]], [[she-wolf]], [[skin]], [[slash]], [[slaughter]], [[slavering]], [[slit]], [[soldierlike]], [[soldierly]], [[sow chaos]], [[spitfire]], [[sprain]], [[stab]], [[stick]], [[storm]], [[storming]], [[strain]], [[subhuman]], [[taint]], [[tameless]], [[tear]], [[tear around]], [[termagant]], [[terror]], [[terrorist]], [[terrorize]], [[threaten]], [[tiger]], [[tigress]], [[torment]], [[torture]], [[tough]], [[tough guy]], [[traumatize]], [[trigger-happy]], [[troglodyte]], [[troglodytic]], [[truculent]], [[ugly customer]], [[unbroken]], [[unchristian]], [[uncivil]], [[uncivilized]], [[uncombed]], [[uncontrolled]], [[uncouth]], [[uncultivated]], [[uncultured]], [[undomesticated]], [[unfriendly]], [[ungentle]], [[unhuman]], [[unkempt]], [[unlicked]], [[unmerciful]], [[unpolished]], [[unrefined]], [[unrelenting]], [[unsubdued]], [[untamed]], [[vandal]], [[vandalize]], [[vicious]], [[violate]], [[violent]], [[virago]], [[virulent]], [[vixen]], [[voracious]], [[warlike]], [[warmongering]], [[warring]], [[wild]], [[wild beast]], [[wild man]], [[witch]], [[wolf]], [[wolfish]], [[wound]], [[wreak havoc on]], [[wreck]], [[wrecker]], [[wrench]], 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===Pronunciation=== | ===Pronunciation=== | ||
* {{audio|en-us-savage.ogg|Audio (US)}} | * {{audio|en-us-savage.ogg|Audio (US)}} | ||
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Latest revision as of 17:42, 18 September 2014
Contents
English
Adjective
Savage (comparative more Savage, superlative most Savage)
Noun
Savage (plural Savages)- (pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.
- (figuratively) A defiant person.
Verb
Savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)
- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
- (figuratively) To criticize vehemently.
- (of an animal) To attack with the teeth
Adverbs for Savage
cruelly; bestially; unbelievably; inhumanly; brutally; ferociously; fiercely; furiously; barbarously; pitilessly; ruthlessly; unmercifully; grossly; relentlessly; wildly; singularly; lawlessly.
Thesaurus
abrade, abuse, afflict, aggressive, aggrieve, agonize, animal, antagonistic, assault, atrocious, attack, baneful, barbarian, barbaric, barbarize, barbarous, bark, batter, battling, beast, beastly, befoul, beldam, bellicose, belligerent, berserk, berserker, bestial, bewitch, blemish, blight, bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, bomber, break, bruise, brutal, brutalize, brutalized, brute, brutish, buffet, burn, butcher, cannibal, cannibalistic, carry on, chafe, chauvinist, chauvinistic, check, chip, claw, coldhearted, combative, condemn, contentious, convulse, corrupt, crack, craze, crucify, cruel, cruel-hearted, curse, cut, damage, deadly, death-bringing, deathful, deathly, defile, demon, demoniac, demoniacal, demonic, deprave, despoil, destroy, destroyer, destructive, devil, devilish, diabolic, disadvantage, disserve, distress, do a mischief, do evil, do ill, do violence to, do wrong, do wrong by, do wrong to, doom, dragon, enemy, enraged, envenom, excruciate, fatal, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, fiend, fiendish, fiendlike, fierce, fighting, fighting mad, fire-eater, firebrand, fracture, fray, frazzle, fret, full of fight, fuming, furious, fury, gall, gash, get into trouble, go on, goon, gorilla, grim, gunsel, hammer, harass, hardnose, harm, harrow, harsh, hawkish, heartless, hell-raiser, hellcat, hellhound, hellion, hellish, hex, holy terror, hood, hoodlum, hopping mad, hostile, hothead, hotspur, hurt, hyena, ill-bred, ill-treat, ill-use, impair, impale, implacable, impolite, in a rage, incendiary, incise, infect, infernal, infuriate, infuriated, inhuman, inhumane, inimical, injure, internecine, jingo, jingoish, jingoist, jingoistic, jinx, kill by inches, kill-crazy, killer, killing, knock about, lacerate, lancinate, lay waste, lethal, loot, macerate, mad dog, madcap, maim, make mincemeat of, malign, malignant, maltreat, man-eater, manhandle, martial, martyr, martyrize, maul, menace, merciless, militant, militaristic, military, mishandle, mistreat, molest, monster, mortal, mug, mugger, murderous, mutilate, nihilist, noncivilized, offensive, outlandish, outrage, pernicious, persecute, pierce, pillage, pitiless, play havoc with, play hob with, poison, pollute, prejudice, primeval, primitive, pugnacious, puncture, punish, quarrelsome, rabid, rack, rage, raging, ramp, rampage, rant, ranting, rapacious, rape, rapist, rave, ravenous, raving, raving mad, relentless, rend, revolutionary, riot, rip, roar, roaring mad, rough, rough up, rough-and-ready, rude, rugged, ruin, run, rupture, ruthless, saber-rattling, sack, sadistic, sanguinary, sanguineous, satanic, scald, scarify, scathe, scorch, scotch, scrape, scrappy, scratch, scuff, shark, sharkish, she-wolf, skin, slash, slaughter, slavering, slit, soldierlike, soldierly, sow chaos, spitfire, sprain, stab, stick, storm, storming, strain, subhuman, taint, tameless, tear, tear around, termagant, terror, terrorist, terrorize, threaten, tiger, tigress, torment, torture, tough, tough guy, traumatize, trigger-happy, troglodyte, troglodytic, truculent, ugly customer, unbroken, unchristian, uncivil, uncivilized, uncombed, uncontrolled, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, undomesticated, unfriendly, ungentle, unhuman, unkempt, unlicked, unmerciful, unpolished, unrefined, unrelenting, unsubdued, untamed, vandal, vandalize, vicious, violate, violent, virago, virulent, vixen, voracious, warlike, warmongering, warring, wild, wild beast, wild man, witch, wolf, wolfish, wound, wreak havoc on, wreck, wrecker, wrench, wring, wrong
