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savage

adj
/ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/

Etymology

* As an English surname of Norman origin, from the adjective savage. Compare Sauvage. * As an Irish surname, from ó Sabháin, also Anglicized as O'Savin; see Savin. * As a Jewish and Slavic surname, Americanized from Savich, Serbo-Croatian Savić. See Savic.

  1. derived from silvāticus
  2. derived from salvāticus
  3. derived from sauvage
  4. inherited from savage

Definitions

  1. Wild

    Wild; not cultivated or tamed.

    • a savage wilderness
    • a savage forest
    • The Englishman had extracted the heavy spear from the body of the lion, so that when he went into the forest to hunt that morning he had a feeling of much greater security than at any time since they had been cast upon the savage shore.

  2. Barbaric

    Barbaric; not civilized.

    • savage manners
    • I obſerv'd a Place where there had been a Fire made, and a Circle dug in the Earth, like a Cockpit, where it is ſuppoſed the Savage Wretches had ſat down to their inhumane Feaſtings upon the Bodies of their Fellow-Creatures.
    • What nation since the commencement of the Christian era ever arose from savage to civilized without Christianity?

  3. Primitive

    Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.

  4. ›+ 19 more definitions

    1. Fierce and ferocious.

      • savage beasts
      • a savage spirit
      • Muſick has Charms to ſooth a ſavage Breaſt, / To ſoften Rocks, or bend a knotted Oak.

    2. Brutal, vicious, or merciless.

      • He gave the dog a savage kick.
      • The woman was killed in a savage manner.

    3. Of an insult or person

      Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.

      • Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill.
      • 'Oops, I did it again': Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's deke was so savage it has a name
      • Stephen Colbert revealed a savage new campaign slogan for President Donald Trump on Wednesday ― and it came courtesy of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.).

    4. Unpleasant or unfair.

      • – I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage!

    5. Great, brilliant, amazing.

    6. Severe, rude, aggressive.

      • – They were so savage to them!

    7. A person not living in a civilization

      A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.

      • The glimpse of the steamboat had for some reason filled those savages with unrestrained grief.
      • In the year 1879, when the Utes succeeded in getting some United States troops into what was afterwards known as Thornburg's "rat hole," several mounted couriers succeeded in slipping through the circling line of savages.

    8. An aggressively defiant person.

      • Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.

    9. Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.

      • It was on Dec. 29 that TikTok star Liv Pearsall posted a video titled "7 Times Elmo Was an Absolute Savage," in which the star with more than 2.7 million followers lip-synced to various Elmo-ments.
      • "Sometimes they would stay up while she'd have a whole new guy in a relationship," she wrote in a comment. "LMFAO she is a savage."

    10. A wild and ferocious beast.

      • The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws.

    11. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.

      • No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.

    12. To criticise vehemently.

      • His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
      • The first sparks came on Thursday night, with a blistering speech from Ben Shapiro[…] who bemoaned the “frauds” and “grifters” in the movement, and went on to savage by name a roster of powerful right-wing figures.

    13. To attack with the teeth.

    14. To make savage.

      • Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.

    15. A surname.

    16. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.

    17. A suburban city in Scott County, Minnesota

      A suburban city in Scott County, Minnesota; a suburb of Minneapolis.

    18. An unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi.

    19. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Montana.

The neighborhood

Derived

antisavage, demi-savage, postsavage, savagedom, savagely, Savage Mountain, savageness, Savage River, savagery, savagess, savagism, savagize, semisavage, sweet savage romance, unsavage, Savagean

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA