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Definition of Savage

Savage Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian. To make savage. Related Definitions: And, As, Barbarian, Barbarous, Being, Brutal, By, Characterized, Cruelty, Cultivation, Extreme, Ferocious, Fierce, Forest, From, His, Human, In, Inhuman, Is, Life, Make, Man, Mind, Native, Nature, Of, One, Or, Pertaining, Remote, Rude, Savage, Spirit, State, The, To, Uncivilized, Unfeeling, Who, Wild, Wilderness, Without

Savage Quotations The savage in man is never quite eradicated. Henry David Thoreau The mountains, the forest, and the sea, render men savage; they develop the fierce, but yet do not destroy the human. Victor Hugo We are all ready to be savage in some cause. The difference between a good man and a bad one is the choice of the cause. William James Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, To soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak. William Congreve Civilization is the progress toward a society of privacy. The savage's whole existence is public, ruled by the laws of his tribe. Civilization is the process of setting man free from men. Ayn Rand

Savage Translations savage in Danish is vild savage in Dutch is wild, woest savage in French is sauvage savage in German is grausam, wild, wild savage in Italian is crudele savage in Latin is ferus, inhumanus, efferus savage in Portuguese is selvagem savage in Spanish is fiero savage in Swedish is barbarisk, ociviliserad, vild, vilde

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