meaning of savage
1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts.
3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners.
4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.
5. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
6. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
7. To make savage.
8. a cruelly rapacious person
Related Words
savage | savagely | savageness | savagery |
