savageness Definition

savage
adj

1. Said of animals: untamed or undomesticated.
2. Ferocious or furious.

Example: He has a savage temper
3. Said of eg behaviour: uncivilized; coarse.

Thesaurus: primitive, crude, barbaric, ancient, rustic; Antonym: civilized, cultured, advanced.
4. Cruel; barbaric.

Thesaurus: fierce, cruel, ferocious, merciless, brutal, cruel, inhuman, vicious, feral, wild, terrible, ruthless; Antonym: gentle, tender, mild, kind.
5. Said of land: uncultivated; wild and rugged.

noun

1. now offensive
A member of a primitive people.
2. An uncultured, fierce or cruel person.
3. A fierce or enraged animal.

verb

savaged, savaging
1. To attack ferociously, especially with the teeth, causing severe injury.

Derivative: savagely
adverb

Derivative: savageness
noun

Etymology: 14c: from French sauvage wild, from Latin silvaticus of the woods, from silva a wood.