savage - Meaning in Tamil

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savage - Meaning in Tamil

savage Word Forms & Inflections

Definitions and Meaning of savage in English

savage adjective

1. without civilizing influences

   Synonyms

   barbarian, barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild

   Examples

   • "a savage people"
   • "barbarian invaders"
   • "barbaric practices"
   • "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"
   • "wild tribes"
2. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

   Synonyms

   barbarous, brutal, cruel, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious

   Examples

   • "a barbarous crime"
   • "a savage slap"
   • "brutal beatings"
   • "cruel tortures"
   • "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
   • "vicious kicks"
3. wild and menacing

   Synonyms

   feral, ferine

   Example

   • "a pack of feral dogs"
4. marked by extreme and violent energy

   Synonyms

   ferocious, fierce, furious

   Examples

   • "a ferocious beating"
   • "a furious battle"
   • "fierce fighting"

savage noun

1. a cruelly rapacious person

   Synonyms

   beast, brute, wildcat, wolf, wolf

2. a member of an uncivilized people

   Synonyms

   barbarian, barbarian

savage verb

1. criticize harshly or violently

   Synonyms

   blast, blast, crucify, pillory

   Examples

   • "The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage"
   • "The press savaged the new President"
2. attack brutally and fiercely

Synonyms of savage

• beast, brute, wildcat, wolf
• barbarian
• blast, crucify, pillory
• barbarian, barbaric, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild
• barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, vicious
• feral, ferine
• ferocious, fierce, furious

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