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say it: SAV-uhj
savage is an adjective, noun and verb meaning "(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering". It is pronounced /ˈsævədʒ/ — SAV-uhj. It carries 8 recorded senses.
without civilizing influences
“barbarian invaders”
“barbaric practices”
“a savage people”
“fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient”
“wild tribes”
a member of an uncivilized people
attack brutally and fiercely
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for savage come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.