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/sˈævədʒ/ /sˈævɪdʒ/ Listen

adjective

Savage adj.

1.

Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

2.

Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. "Cornels, and savage berries of the wood."

3.

Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. "What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity?"

4.

Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

Synonyms: Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See Ferocious.

noun

Savage n.

1.

A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

2.

A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

verb

Savage v. t. To make savage. (R.) "Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf."

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Etymology of 'Savage'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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... canvas said everything; it was the best lesson of things that could be seen. The monotonous explanations of the showman were not heard; the landscape spoke for itself. First of all there was the Grotto, the rocky hollow beside the Gave, a savage spot suitable for reverie—bushy slopes and heaps of fallen stone, without a path among them; and nothing yet in the way of ornamentation—no monumental quay, no garden paths winding among trimly cut shrubs; no Grotto set in order, deformed, enclosed with iron railings; above ...

— The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete - Lourdes, Rome and Paris • Emile Zola

... wealthy Polish aristocrat. She was seventeen, a type of rare Polish beauty, and the handsome, dashing Russian officer at once fell madly in love with her. The parents of the girl, however, were horrified at the notion of marrying their daughter to a "Muscovite savage," and her father threatened her with his curse if ever again she held communication with her lover. So the matter was secretly arranged between the two, and during a ball which the young Polish beauty was attending she suddenly disappeared. ...

— Who Can Be Happy And Free In Russia? • Nicholas Nekrassov

... Lord, man, don't look so confoundedly ignorant! I told you about her," he broke off. "Well, some one's told the mater, and this morning...." he shrugged his shoulders. "There's been old Harry to pay! She told me if I didn't give her up she'd cut me out of her will. She would, too!" he added, in savage parenthesis. ...

— The Phantom Lover • Ruby M. Ayres

... what happens after that the Gods alone know. But it would be of service to me if I could land on her shores with some knowledge of this Phorenice, for at present I am as ignorant concerning her as some savage from ...

— The Lost Continent • C. J. Cutcliffe Hyne

... encountered me he was intoxicated. He took me suddenly by the collar and shook me violently, and did his best to maltreat me. What words were spoken I cannot remember; but his conduct to me was as that of a savage beast. I struggled with him in the street as a man would struggle who is attacked by a wild dog. I think that he did not explain the cause of his hatred, though, of course, my memory as to what took place at that moment is disturbed and imperfect; ...

— Mr. Scarborough's Family • Anthony Trollope

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