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      • Meaning of savage in English 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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  3. SAVAGE definition: 1. extremely violent, wild, or frightening: 2. very serious or cruel: 3. very large and severe: . Learn more.

  4. 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.

  5. 1. a. : not domesticated or under human control : untamed. savage beasts. b. : lacking the restraints normal to civilized human beings : fierce, ferocious. a savage criminal. 2. : wild, uncultivated. seldom have I seen such savage scenery Douglas Carruthers. 3. a. : boorish, rude. the savage bad manners of most motorists M. P. O'Connor. b.

  6. 1. Someone or something that is savage is extremely cruel, violent, and uncontrolled. [...] 2. If you refer to people as savages, you dislike them because you think that they do not have an advanced society and are violent. [disapproval] [...] 3. If someone is savaged by a dog or other animal, the animal attacks them violently. [...] More.

  7. sav•age /ˈsævɪdʒ/ adj., n., v., -aged, -ag•ing. adj. fierce or ferocious; wild: a savage criticism of her book. uncivilized; barbarous: savage people in the interior. n. [countable] an uncivilized human being. a fierce, brutal, or cruel person: Those savages have murdered innocent children.

  8. Word Origin Middle English: from Old French sauvage ‘wild’, from Latin silvaticus ‘of the woods’, from silva ‘a wood’. See savage in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary Check pronunciation: savage