Savage Definition

săvĭj
savaged, savages, savaging, savagest
adjective
savagest
Wild, uncultivated, rugged, etc.
A savage jungle.
Webster's New World
Fierce; ferocious; untamed.
A savage tiger.
Webster's New World
Without civilization; primitive; barbarous.
A savage tribe.
Webster's New World
Lacking polish; crude; rude.
Webster's New World
Characterized by or showing hostility; unforgiving.
Savage criticism.
American Heritage
noun
savages
A member of a preliterate culture, often having a tribal way of life.
Webster's New World
A fierce, brutal person.
Webster's New World
A crude, boorish person.
Webster's New World

(pejorative) An uncivilized or feral human; a barbarian.

Wiktionary
verb
savaged, savages, savaging
To assault ferociously.
American Heritage
To attack in a violent or brutal way.
Webster's New World

(figuratively) To criticise vehemently.

His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
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Other Word Forms of Savage

Noun

Singular:
savage
Plural:
savages

Adjective

Base Form:
savage
Superlative:
savagest

Origin of Savage

  • From Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed"), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods"), from silva (“forest", "grove").

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English sauvage from Old French from Late Latin salvāticus from Latin silvāticus of the woods, wild from silva forest

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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