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savage
adj. barbaric, uncivilized; wild, untamed; cruel, fierce; ruthless, brutal; very angry, furious
 
n. barbarian, uncivilized person; brutal or cruel person


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Savage
Savage may refer to:Noble savage, a person uncorrupted by the influences of civilization"Savage", pejorative term for a tribal personOne of the places:Savage, MarylandSavage, MinnesotaIn music and entertainment:Savage (album), by EurythmicsSavage (rapper), stage name of New Zealand rapper Demetrius SavelioSavage (film), a film by Avi NesherSavage (video game), 1988, Firebird Software, a computer game by S2 GamesThe Savage Empire, part of the Ultima series by Origin SystemsThe sequel comic series to Invasion!
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savage
Noun
1. a member of an uncivilized people
(synonym) barbarian
(hypernym) primitive, primitive person
(hyponym) cannibal, man-eater, anthropophagus, anthropophagite
2. a cruelly rapacious person
(synonym) beast, wolf, brute, wildcat
(hypernym) attacker, aggressor, assailant, assaulter
Verb
1. attack brutally and fiercely
(hypernym) assail, assault, set on, attack
(derivation) beast, wolf, brute, wildcat
2. criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new President"; "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
(synonym) pillory, crucify
(hypernym) knock, criticize, criticise, pick apart
Adjective
1. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
(synonym) barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious
(similar) inhumane
2. wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog"
(synonym) feral, ferine
(similar) wild, untamed
3. without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
(synonym) barbarian, barbaric, uncivilized, uncivilised, wild
(similar) noncivilized, noncivilised
4. marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating"; "fierce fighting"; "a furious battle"
(synonym) ferocious, fierce, furious
(similar) violent


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Savage
(v. t.)
To make savage.
  
 
(n.)
A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
  
 
(n.)
A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
  
 
(a.)
Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
  
 
(a.)
Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
  
 
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
  
 
(a.)
Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
  

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狼子野心
lang2 zi3 ye3 xin1
A wolf cub with a savage heart.
To have a wolfish nature. To be full of wild ambitions.


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