savage

1. a. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. Source: opted

2. a. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Source: opted

3. a. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. Source: opted

4. a. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. Source: opted

5. n. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners. Source: opted

6. n. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian. Source: opted

7. v. t. To make savage. Source: opted

8. adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering Source: wordnet

9. adj. wild and menacing Source: wordnet

10. adj. without civilizing influences Source: wordnet

11. adj. marked by extreme and violent energy Source: wordnet

12. n. a member of an uncivilized people Source: wordnet

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