noun
Meaning 1
Savage or brutal behaviour; barbarity.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
savagery
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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noun
Meaning 2
A violent act of cruelty.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Savages collectively; the world of savages.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Wild growth of plants.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
a brutal barbarous savage act
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brutality, barbarity, barbarism
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: atrocity, inhumanity
noun
Meaning 6
the trait of extreme cruelty
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ferociousness, brutality, viciousness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: cruelty, cruelness, harshness
noun
Meaning 7
the property of being untamed and ferocious
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- 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
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: savageness
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English savage Middle English -re,-ri,-rie,-ry,-rye English -ry English savagery From savage + -ry.
Across languages
Translations
37 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: վայրենություն (vayrenutʻyun) — being savage — see also savageness
- Bulgarian: дивачество (divačestvo) — being savage — see also savageness
- Esperanto: sovaĝeco — being savage — see also savageness
- French: sauvagerie — being savage — see also savageness
- German: Wildheit — being savage — see also savageness
- Greek: αγριότητα (agriótita) — being savage — see also savageness
- Ancient Greek: ὠμότης (ōmótēs) — being savage — see also savageness
- Hindi: बर्बरता (barbartā) — being savage — see also savageness
- Hindi: क्रूरता (krūrtā) — being savage — see also savageness
- Ido: sovajeso — being savage — see also savageness
- Irish: fiántas — being savage — see also savageness
- Latin: saevitia — being savage — see also savageness
- Macedonian: дивјаштво (divjaštvo) — being savage — see also savageness
- Māori: taratutū — being savage — see also savageness
- Norwegian: brutalitet — being savage — see also savageness
- Norwegian: villskap — being savage — see also savageness
- Polish: dzikość — being savage — see also savageness
- Portuguese: selvageria — being savage — see also savageness
- Russian: ди́кость (díkostʹ) — being savage — see also savageness
- Spanish: selvatiquez — being savage — see also savageness
- Swedish: barbari — being savage — see also savageness
- Ottoman Turkish: وحشت (vahşet) — being savage — see also savageness
- Ottoman Turkish: وحشیلك (vahşilik) — being savage — see also savageness
- Armenian: վայրենություն (vayrenutʻyun) — act of cruelty
- Bulgarian: свирепост (svirepost) — act of cruelty
- Bulgarian: жестокост (žestokost) — act of cruelty
- Greek: αγριότητα (agriótita) — act of cruelty
- Macedonian: дивјаштво (divjaštvo) — act of cruelty
- Norwegian: grusomhet — act of cruelty
- Portuguese: selvageria — act of cruelty
- Russian: свире́пость (svirépostʹ) — act of cruelty
- Russian: зве́рство (zvérstvo) — act of cruelty
- Russian: жесто́кость (žestókostʹ) — act of cruelty
- Spanish: salvajada — act of cruelty
- Spanish: salvajería — act of cruelty
- Spanish: salvajismo — act of cruelty
- Swedish: grymhet — act of cruelty