English noun: savagery | |||
1. | savagery (attribute) the property of being untamed and ferocious | ||
Samples | The coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters. A craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums. | ||
Synonyms | savageness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness | ||
2. | savagery (attribute) the trait of extreme cruelty | ||
Synonyms | brutality, ferociousness, viciousness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | cruelness, cruelty, harshness | ||
3. | savagery (act) a brutal barbarous savage act | ||
Synonyms | barbarism, barbarity, brutality | ||
Broader (hypernym) | atrocity, inhumanity | ||