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Meaning of savage | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2 Standard
ˈsævɪd͡ʒ

Definitions

  1. Wild; not cultivated or tamed
  2. A surname.
  3. A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.
    derogatory, historical
  4. Barbaric; not civilized
  5. An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Howard County, Maryland.
  6. An aggressively defiant person.
    figuratively
  7. A member of a people regarded as primitive, uncivilized, brutal, or fierce.
  8. Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication
  9. A suburban city in Scott County, Minnesota; a suburb of Minneapolis.
  10. Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.
    slang
  11. to attack. He was savaged by wild animals. aanval يُهاجِم нападам atacar ferozmente divoce napadnout anfallen angribe επιτίθεμαι άγρια atacar ferozmente, embestir ründama حمله ور شدن raadella attaquer férocement לִתקוֹף काटना, हमला करना napasti megtámad menyerang ráðast grimmilega á attaccare con ferocia 襲う 맹렬히 공격하다 (už)pulti uzbrukt menyerang woest aanvallen maltraktere, skambitenapadać يرغل كول atacar ferozmente a ataca; a sfâşia яростно нападать surovo napadnúť napasti napasti anfalla จู่โ...
  12. Fierce and ferocious
  13. An unincorporated community in Tate County, Mississippi.
  14. A wild and ferocious beast.
    obsolete
  15. wreed بِوَحْشِيَّه، بِشَراسَه، بِقَسْوَه диво selvagemente divoce wild vildt; barbarisk άγρια salvajemente jõhkralt وحشيانه julmasti sauvagement בִּפרָאוּת जंगलीपन से divljački vadul, vadember módjára secara biadab grimmdarlega selvaggiamente 残忍に 야만적으로 kaip laukinis, žiauriai mežonīgi; nikni dengan kejam woestbarbarisk, vilt dziko په وحشى تو ګه، په بې زړه سوى selvaticamente sălbatic, cu sălbăticie варварски, жестоко surovo divje divlje vilt, brutalt อย่างป่าเถื่อน vahşîcesine 野蠻地 грубо وحشیان...
  16. Brutal, vicious, or merciless
  17. An unincorporated community in Richland County, Montana.
  18. wreedheid تَوَحُّش، شَراسَه свирепост selvageria divokost die Wildheit vildskab; brutalitet αγριότηταsalvajismo, ferocidad jõhkrus وحشي julmuus sauvagerieאכזריות निष्ठुरता, क्रूरता, क्रोधोन्मतता divljaštvo, barbarstvo vadság, barbarizmus kebiadaban villimennska; grimmd crudeltà, ferocia 残忍 야만 žiaurumas mežonīgums; niknums kekejaman woestheidvillskap, grusomhet dzikość شډلتوب، وحشت selvajaria sălbăticie варварство, дикость divokosť; surovosť divjost divljina vildhet, grymhet, omänsklighet ความ...
  19. wreedheid وَحْشِيَّه диващина selvageria divoši die Wildheit vildskab; brutalitet κτηνωδίαsalvajismo jõhkrus وحشيگري raakalaisuus sauvagerie פְּרָאוּת जंगलीपन divljaštvo, barbarstvo vadság, barbárság kebiadaban villimennska; grimmd crudeltà, ferocia 残忍 미개의, 자인한 žiaurumas mežonība; nežēlība keganasan woestheidvillskap, grusomhet dzikość وحشت، سخت زړ توب selvajaria sălbăticie дикость divosi divjaštvo divljanje vildhet, grymhet, omänsklighet ความป่าเถื่อน vahşet 野蠻,殘暴 дикість; жорстокість وحشت s...
  20. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild: a savage animal; the savage jungle.
  21. Vicious or merciless; brutal: a savage form of warfare.
  22. Extreme in strength or degree: savage heat.
  23. To assault ferociously.
  24. To attack without restraint or pity: The critics savaged the new play.

Equivalents

العربية متوحّش همجي وحشي
Беларуская дзікі
Български безпощаден див
Bosanski barbar див
Català salvatge
Čeština divoký
Esperanto feroca sovaĝa
Español salvaje
فارسی شَرزه
Français Barbare féroce
Hrvatski barbar див
Bahasa Indonesia biadab
Kurdî barbar
Nederlands barbaars onbeschaafd onbeschoft wild
Português selvagem
Slovenčina divoký
Slovenščina divji
Српски barbar див
Türkçe barbar vahşi
Tiếng Việt mọi rợ

Examples

“'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the savages.' 'They are not savages, Freeman.' 'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.'”
“The glimpse of the steamboat had for some reason filled those savages with unrestrained grief.”
“In the year 1879, when the Utes succeeded in getting some United States troops into what was afterwards known as Thornburg's "rat hole," several mounted couriers succeeded in slipping through the circling line of savages.”
“Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.”
“It was on Dec. 29 that TikTok star Liv Pearsall posted a video titled "7 Times Elmo Was an Absolute Savage," in which the star with more than 2.7 million followers lip-synced to various Elmo-ments.”
“"Sometimes they would stay up while she'd have a whole new guy in a relationship," she wrote in a comment. "LMFAO she is a savage."”
“The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
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