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savage

/ˈsævɪd͡ʒ/

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What does savage mean?

adjective

  1. Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
  2. Barbaric; not civilized.
  3. Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
More meanings (19)

adjective

  1. Fierce and ferocious.
  2. Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
  3. (slang) Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
  4. (slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
  5. (slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
  6. (slang) Severe, rude, aggressive.

noun

  1. (figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.
  2. (slang) Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.
  3. (derogatory, historical) A member of a traditional, nonindustrialised society or indigenous tribe or other group, typically living closely with nature outside of the infrastructure of urbanized civilization.
  4. (obsolete) A wild and ferocious beast.

verb

  1. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
  2. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
  3. To attack with the teeth.
  4. (obsolete) To make savage.

proper noun

  1. A surname.
  2. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.
  3. A suburban city in Scott County, Minnesota; a suburb of Minneapolis.
  4. An unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi.
  5. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Montana.
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IPA pronunciation

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