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savagenoun a mean, evil, or unprincipled personwhat kind of savage would hurt a baby? baddie(or baddy), beast, brute, caitiff, devil, evildoer, fiend, heavy, hound, knave, meanie(also meany), miscreant, monster, nazi, no-good, rapscallion, rascal, reprobate, rogue, scalawag(or scallywag), scamp, scapegrace, scoundrel, varlet, villain, wretch villainessblackguardcriminal, crook, culprit, felon, lawbreaker, malefactor, offender, perp, perpetrator, transgressorsinner, trespasser, wrongdoercad, heel, serpent, snake, viperbandit, bravo, desperado, outlawcon, convict, jailbirdassassin, cutthroat, gangster, goon, gunman, hoodlum, hooligan, racketeer, ruffian, thugrough, rowdy, toughloser, lowlife, ne'er-do-well, stinker, trash angel, innocent, sainthero an uncivilized personinhabitants of exotic lands were invariably portrayed by early travel writers as savages savageadjectivenot civilizedTarzan is usually portrayed as a noble but savage warrior of the jungle barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, heathen, heathenish, natural, Neanderthal(or Neandertal), rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild coarse, crude, primitive, roughuncouth, uncultured civilized cultured, enlightened, humane, sophisticatedgenteel, polished, polite, refined, urbane, well-bredsemicivilized having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on othersa savage attack on a helpless person atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, butcherly, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, truculent, vicious, wanton hard-hearted, ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted, unfeelingfell, ferocious, grimbloodthirsty, cutthroat, murderous, sanguinary, sanguinecatty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vindictivedraconian, draconic, hardhanded, harsh, heavy-handed, oppressive red in tooth and claw benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted tender, warm, warmheartedcharitable, clement, lenient, merciful, pityingpacific, peaceable, peaceful living outdoors without taming or domestication by humanssavage beasts that seemed threatening to the tourists feral, unbroken, undomesticated, untamed, wild, wilding uncontrolled, undocile, unsubdued, untrainedbestial, brutal, brutebarbarous, uncivilized broken, busted, domestic, domesticated, gentled, tame, tamed controlled, docile, familiar, semidomesticated, subdued, submissivehalterbroken, housebroken, trainedcivilized, semicivilized, socialized violently unfriendly or aggressive in dispositionearly explorers avoided those areas that were rumored to be inhabited by savage natives fell, ferocious, fierce, grim, vicious argumentative, assaultive, bellicose, belligerent, brawly, chippy, combative, confrontational, discordant, disputatious, feisty, gladiatorial, militant, pugnacious, scrappy, warlikebare-knuckle(also bare-knuckled or bare-knuckles), blood-and-guts, in-your-face, take-no-prisonerscontentious, quarrelsome, truculentmenacing, threateningbestial, brute, inhuman, inhumanebarbaric, uncivilized, wildheartless, implacable, merciless, pitiless, relentless, ruthless, unrelenting, wantonbloodthirsty, bloody, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguinary, sanguinerapacious, ravenous, voracious gentle, mild, unaggressive amicable, companionable, comradely, congenial, cordial, friendly, genial, hearty, warm, warmheartedcompliant, submissive, tamebenign, compassionate, kind, mercifulpacific, peaceable, peacefulamiable, complaisant, obliginghuman, humanecivilized, cultured to criticize harshly and usually publiclybook reviewers mercilessly savaged his latest novel abuse, assail, attack, bash, belabor, blast, castigate, excoriate, jump (on), lambaste(or lambast), potshot, scathe, slam, trash, vituperate berate, harangue, harass, harry, revile, scold, whipblaspheme, curse, execrate, imprecate, profaneaffront, insult, slurasperse, bad-mouth, belittle, blackguard, disparage, put downlibel, slander, traduce, vilifychastise, chide, criticize, lace (into), rebuke, reprimandfulminate, lash (out) beat up on, light into, sail into, tie into acclaim, commend, compliment, hail, laud, praise adj.fierce, ferocious, barbarous, savage, cruel mean showing fury or malignity in looks or actions.fierce applies to humans and animals that inspire terror because of their wild and menacing aspect or fury in attack.fierce warriors ferocious implies extreme fierceness and unrestrained violence and brutality.a ferocious dog barbarous implies a ferocity or mercilessness regarded as unworthy of civilized people.barbarous treatment of prisoners savage implies the absence of inhibitions restraining civilized people filled with rage, lust, or other violent passion.a savage criminal cruel implies indifference to suffering and even positive pleasure in inflicting it.the cruel jokes of schoolboys in the 13th century |