Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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savage | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
savagery | Yes | No | No | No |
savage (noun) | savagery (noun) |
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a member of an uncivilized people | a brutal barbarous savage act |
a cruelly rapacious person | the trait of extreme cruelty |
the property of being untamed and ferocious |
savage (adjective) | savagery (adjective) |
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(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering | |
without civilizing influences | |
marked by extreme and violent energy | |
wild and menacing |
savage (verb) | savagery (verb) |
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criticize harshly or violently | |
attack brutally and fiercely |