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English adjective: savage | |||
| 1. | savage (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | ||
| Samples | A barbarous crime. Brutal beatings. Cruel tortures. Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks. A savage slap. Vicious kicks. | ||
| Synonyms | barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious | ||
| Similar | inhumane | ||
| Antonyms | humane | ||
| 2. | savage wild and menacing | ||
| Samples | A pack of feral dogs. | ||
| Synonyms | feral, ferine | ||
| Similar | untamed, wild | ||
| Antonyms | tamed, tame | ||
| 3. | savage without civilizing influences | ||
| Samples | Barbarian invaders. Barbaric practices. A savage people. Fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient. Wild tribes. | ||
| Synonyms | barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild | ||
| Similar | noncivilised, noncivilized | ||
| Antonyms | civilised, civilized | ||
| 4. | savage marked by extreme and violent energy | ||
| Samples | A ferocious beating. Fierce fighting. A furious battle. | ||
| Synonyms | ferocious, fierce, furious | ||
| Similar | violent | ||
| Antonyms | nonviolent | ||
English noun: savage | |||
| 1. | savage (person) a member of an uncivilized people | ||
| Synonyms | barbarian | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | primitive, primitive person | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | anthropophagite, anthropophagus, cannibal, head-shrinker, headhunter, hunter-gatherer, man-eater, Vandal | ||
| Instance hyponym | Odoacer, Odovacar, Odovakar | ||
| 2. | savage (person) a cruelly rapacious person | ||
| Synonyms | beast, brute, wildcat, wolf | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | aggressor, assailant, assaulter, attacker | ||
English verb: savage | |||
| 1. | savage (competition) attack brutally and fiercely | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | assail, assault, attack, set on | ||
| 2. | savage (communication) criticize harshly or violently | ||
| Samples | The press savaged the new President. The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage. | ||
| Synonyms | blast, crucify, pillory | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | criticise, criticize, knock, pick apart | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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