Thesaurus: savage

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1. a. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
2. a. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
3. a. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
4. a. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
5. n. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
6. n. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
7. v. t. To make savage.
8. adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
9. adj. wild and menacing
10. adj. without civilizing influences
11. adj. marked by extreme and violent energy
12. n. a member of an uncivilized people