savageness (noun)

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• savageness — noun the property of being untamed and ferocious (Freq. 1) the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums • Syn: ↑savagery • Derivationally… …   Useful english dictionary

• savageness — noun see savage I …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• savageness — noun The property of being or behaving savagely …   Wiktionary

• savage — adjective 1》 fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.     ↘cruel and vicious. 2》 primitive; uncivilized. 3》 (of a place) wild; uncultivated. noun 1》 a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. 2》 a brutal or vicious person. 3》 Heraldry… …   English new terms dictionary

• savage — 1 adjective 1 very cruel and violent: a savage dog | The punishment seemed too savage. 2 criticizing someone or something very severely: savage attack/criticism etc: an unexpectedly savage attack on the President s record 3 very severe and… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• savage — I. adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo French salvage, savage, from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild, from silva wood, forest Date: 13th century 1. a. not domesticated or under human control ;… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• savage — I UK [ˈsævɪdʒ] / US adjective * 1) a) cruel and unpleasant or violent a savage attack/beating/murder A savage look flitted across his face. She took a savage pleasure in pointing out their mistakes. b) a savage animal is likely to attack you 2)… …   English dictionary

• savage — /ˈsævɪdʒ / (say savij) adjective 1. wild or rugged, as country or scenery: savage wilderness. 2. regarded as uncivilised and barbarous: savage tribes. 3. rude, boorish: savage manners. 4. a. untamed and dangerous: savage animals roam the jungle.… …  

• inhumanity — late 15c., from Fr. inhumanité (14c.) or directly from L. inhumanitatem (nom. inhumanitas) inhuman conduct, savageness, noun of quality from inhumanus (see INHUMAN (Cf. inhuman)). And Man, whose heav n erected face The smiles of love adorn, Man s …   Etymology dictionary

• savagery — noun 1. the property of being untamed and ferocious the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums • Syn: ↑savageness • Derivationally… …   Useful english dictionary

• brutalism — noun 1》 cruelty and savageness. 2》 a stark style of functionalist architecture that makes use of steel and concrete in massive blocks. Derivatives brutalist noun & adjective …   English new terms dictionary