Syn. — Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See Ferocious.
SAVAGE
Sav"age, n.
1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught; uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
SAVAGE
Sav"age (; 48), v. t.
Defn: To make savage. [R.]
Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South
SAVAGELY
Sav"age*ly, adv.
Defn: In a savage manner.
SAVAGENESS
Sav"age*ness, n.
Defn: The state or quality of being savage.
Wolves and bears, they say, Casting their savageness aside have done
Like offices of pity. Shak.