savage

Definitions

1. 1.Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden.
2. 2.Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity E. D. Griffin.
3. 3.Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. See Ferocious.
4. 4.A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught; uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.
5. 5.A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
6. 6.To make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South

Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).

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Definition-first questions whose answer is savage.

• What is wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden called?
• What is characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. See Ferocious called?
• What is a human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught; uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners called?
• What is a man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian called?
• What is to make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South called?