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     • savage adjective uk / ˈsæv.ɪdʒ / us / ˈsæv.ɪdʒ / Add to word list extremely violent, wild, or frightening: a savage dog / beast a brutal and savage attack
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   How many meanings does the word savage have?

   • There are 24 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word savage, seven of which are labelled obsolete, and two of which are considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. How common is the word savage? How is the word savage pronounced? Where does the word savage come from?

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   Is Savage a cruel word?

   • Savage is a cruel word but it doesn’t always have to be. Neil and Jiaying get to explain some of the meanings in The English We Speak. Hello, and welcome to The English We Speak from BBC Learning English. I’m Jiaying… …and I’m Neil. Today, Neil, I wanted to talk about the adjective ‘savage’. Oh right.

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   What is a savage person?

   • a savagetribe 4. lacking polish; crude; rude 5. cruel; pitiless 6. furious; ill-tempered noun 7. Archaic a member of a nonliterate culture, often having a tribalway of life 8. a fierce, brutalperson 9. a crude, boorishperson verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsavagedor ˈsavaging 10. to attack in a violent or brutal way SIMILAR WORDS: barˈbarian

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   Is 'Savage' a valid Scrabble word?

   • 'Savage' is a valid Scrabble word with 10 points. It is also an accepted word in Word with Friends, having 12 points. Savage is a 6-letter medium word starting with S and ending with E.

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   What does savagely mean?

   • savagely(ˈsavagely) adverb savageness(ˈsavageness) noun Word origin C13: from Old French sauvage,from Latin silvāticusbelonging to a wood, from silvaa wood COBUILD frequency band Savagein British English (ˈsævɪdʒ) noun MichaelJoseph.1872-1940, New Zealandstatesman; primeministerof New Zealand (1935-40) Collins English Dictionary.

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   What languages are savage?

   • In other languages savage British English: savageADJECTIVE/ˈsævɪdʒ/ Someone or something that is savageis extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. American English: savage/ˈsævɪdʒ/ Brazilian Portuguese: cruel Chinese: 野蛮的 European Spanish: salvaje French: brutal German: brutal Italian: selvaggio Japanese: 残忍な Korean: 야만적인

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishSAVAGE | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   SAVAGE definition: 1. extremely violent, wild, or frightening: 2. very serious or cruel: 3. very large and severe: . Learn more.

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     SAVAGE meaning: 1. extremely violent, wild, or frightening:...

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     SAVAGE translate: 兇殘的;兇猛的;野性的, 無情的，冷酷的, 巨大的；嚴重的,...

   • Znaczenie Savage, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

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   Often used interchangeably with ‘savage’, the term signifies any individual group outside the bounds of civilization. The barbarian in English literary history took many forms. Stories of wild men who lived in forests and on the peripheries of the world, people without ‘culture’, cannibals and others whose norms of behaviour did not fit ...

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   What does the word savage mean? There are 24 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word savage , seven of which are labelled obsolete, and two of which are considered offensive. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   1. adjective. Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. This was a savage attack on a defenceless young girl. ...the savage wave of violence that swept the country in November 1987. ...a savage dog lunging at the end of a chain. Synonyms: cruel, brutal, vicious, bloody More Synonyms of savage.

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   5 days ago · This is The English We Speak from BBC Learning English and we’re talking about the word ‘savage’ – which can be used to describe someone who is brutally honest. Neil. Right, I’ve got to...

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   Savage definition: fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed. See examples of SAVAGE used in a sentence.

10. dictionary.cambridge.org › learner-english › savageSAVAGE | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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    to severely criticize someone or something: [ often passive ] Her performance was savaged by the critics. savage. noun [ C ] old-fashioned uk / ˈsævɪdʒ / us. an offensive word for a person from a country at an early stage of development. (Definition of savage from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)