| ADJECTIVE | all | savage, barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering |
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| all | savage, feral, ferine | wild and menacing | |
| all | savage, barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild | without civilizing influences | |
| all | savage, ferocious, fierce, furious | marked by extreme / extreme and violent energy | |
| NOUN | person | savage, barbarian | a member of an uncivilized people |
| person | savage, beast, wolf, brute, wildcat | a cruelly rapacious person | |
| VERB | competition | savage | attack brutally and fiercely |
| communication | savage, blast, pillory, crucify | criticize harshly or violently |
| Sounds | sae'vahjh; sae'vihjh | |
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| Rhymes | acreage ... wreckage: 85 rhymes with ahjh... | |
| abridge ... yardage: 133 rhymes with ihjh... | ||
| Meaning | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. | |
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| Example | "a savage slap" | |
| Synonyms | barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious | |
| Broader | inhumane | lacking and reflecting lack of pity / pity or compassion / compassion |
| Spanish | atroz, bárbaro, brutal, cruel, feroz, salvaje | |
| Catalan | atroç, bàrbar, brutal, cruel, feroç, ferotge, salvatge | |
| Nouns | savage | a cruelly rapacious person |
| savageness | the property of being untamed and ferocious | |
| Adverbs | savagely | in a vicious / vicious / vicious manner |
| Meaning | wild and menacing. | |
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| Synonyms | feral, ferine | |
| Broader | wild, untamed | In a natural state |
| Spanish | asilvestrado, bravo, ferino, feroz, fiero, salvaje | |
| Catalan | brau, feroç, ferotge, salvatge | |
| Nouns | savageness | the property of being untamed and ferocious |
| Adverbs | savagely | wildly |
| Meaning | Without civilizing influences. | |
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| Example | "a savage people" | |
| Synonyms | barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild | |
| Broader | noncivilized, noncivilised | not having a high state of culture and social development |
| Spanish | bárbara, bárbaro, incivilizado, salvaje | |
| Catalan | bàrbar, incivilitzat, salvatge | |
| Nouns | savage | a member of an uncivilized people |
| savageness | the property of being untamed and ferocious | |
| Meaning | marked by extreme / extreme and violent energy. | |
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| Synonyms | ferocious, fierce, furious | |
| Broader | violent | Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity |
| Spanish | bravo, brutal, feroz, fiero, furioso, incontrolado, salvaje, violento | |
| Catalan | brutal, feroç, ferotge, salvatge | |
| Nouns | savageness | the property of being untamed and ferocious |
| Meaning | A member of an uncivilized people. | |
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| Synonym | barbarian | |
| Instances | Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar | Germanic barbarian leader who ended the Western Roman Empire in 476 and became the first barbarian ruler of Italy (434-493) |
| Narrower | Vandal | A member of the Germanic people who overran Gaul and Spain and North Africa and sacked Rome in 455 |
| cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite | A person who eats human flesh | |
| headhunter, head-shrinker | A savage who cuts off and preserves the heads of enemies as trophies | |
| hunter-gatherer | A member of a hunting and gathering society | |
| Broader | primitive, primitive person | A person who belongs to an early stage / stage of civilization |
| Spanish | bárbaro, salvaje | |
| Catalan | bàrbar, salvatge | |
| Adjectives | savage | without civilizing influences |
| Meaning | A cruelly rapacious person. | |
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| Synonyms | beast, wolf, brute, wildcat | |
| Broader | attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter | someone who attacks |
| Spanish | animal, bárbaro, bestia, bruto, fiera, salvaje | |
| Catalan | animal, bèstia, fera, salvatge | |
| Adjectives | savage | (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering |
| Verbs | savage | attack brutally and fiercely |
| Meaning | attack brutally and fiercely. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | assail, assault, set on, attack | attack someone physically or emotionally |
| Nouns | savage | a cruelly rapacious person |
| savagery | a brutal barbarous savage act | |
| Meaning | criticize harshly or violently. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Example | "The press savaged the new President" | |
| Synonyms | blast, pillory, crucify | |
| Broader | knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart | find fault with |
| Spanish | arremeter contra, crucificar, masacrar, tratar salvajemente | |
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