Thesaurus / savage
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synonyms for savage
- barbaric
- brutal
- crude
- ferocious
- fierce
- harsh
- turbulent
- vicious
- aboriginal
- ancient
- barbarian
- brute
- first
- fundamental
- lupine
- native
- natural
- original
- primary
- primitive
- rough
- rustic
- simple
- archaic
- bestial
- earliest
- feral
- in a state of nature
- nonliterate
- primeval
- primordial
- pristine
- rude
- rugged
- unbroken
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- undomesticated
- unmodified
- unrestrained
- unspoiled
- unrelenting
- barbarous
- murderous
- ruthless
- atrocious
- inhuman
- brutal
- bloody
- fierce
- violent
- cold-blooded
- sadistic
- ferocious
- destructive
- relentless
- merciless
- harsh
- raging
- crazed
- fell
- infernal
- beastly
- bestial
- bloodthirsty
- devilish
- diabolical
- feral
- frantic
- furious
- grim
- heartless
- hellish
- malevolent
- malicious
- pitiless
- rabid
- rapacious
- remorseless
- truculent
- inhumane
- demoniac
- ravening
- brutish
- ferine
- wolfish
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antonyms for savage
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- benign
- mild
- tender
- tame
- calm
- giving
- gentle
- easy
- nice
- sympathetic
- domesticated
- civilized
- peaceful
- nonviolent
- humane
- polite
- kind
- merciful
- compassionate
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There's a whole community out there rushing to find documents, disks, and hard drives from the '80s and '90s before they're savaged by time and bit rot.
“DELETED” NINTENDO FLOPPY RECOVERED 26 YEARS LATER, FULL OF EARTHBOUND SECRETSSAM MACHKOVECHJUNE 4, 2021ARS TECHNICAA great country cannot allow people to come in and savage it, have no consequences, and then wait for the next attack.
AS COLONIAL PIPELINE RECOVERS FROM CYBERATTACK, LEADERS POINT TO A ‘WAKE-UP CALL’ FOR U.S. ENERGY INFRASTRUCTUREAARON GREGG, SEAN SULLIVAN, STEPHANIE HUNTMAY 13, 2021WASHINGTON POSTI asked Savage to listen to “Sho Z-Pod Dupa” by DakhaBrakha to see where it fell on his universal scale.
WHAT MAKES MUSIC UNIVERSAL - ISSUE 99: UNIVERSALITYKEVIN BERGERAPRIL 29, 2021NAUTILUSOn this level, Mankiewicz’s film is a masterwork of subversion, a precursor to films that savaged the American love affair with normalcy—“The Graduate,” “Blue Velvet,” “American Beauty,” and “Fight Club” among them.
‘ALL ABOUT EVE’ AT 70TOM JOUDREYSEPTEMBER 25, 2020WASHINGTON BLADEStephanopoulos is a TV newsman, and Savage is a sex columnist.
POLITICS REPORT: A POLL AND A COURT RULING IN KEY COUNCIL RACESCOTT LEWISAUGUST 22, 2020VOICE OF SAN DIEGOShades of Rousseau’s exaltation of the noble savage, within us and without.
JUST BECAUSE IT’S NATURAL DOESN’T MEAN IT’S GOOD - ISSUE 89: THE DARK SIDEDAVID P. BARASHAUGUST 19, 2020NAUTILUSOn the day it was ratified in Mississippi, on March 22, 1984, Savage said that the action “reaffirms the right of women to participate in government in Mississippi.”
MISSISSIPPI DIDN'T RATIFY THE 19TH AMENDMENT UNTIL 1984. HERE'S WHY SOME STATES WAITED DECADESSUYIN HAYNESAUGUST 17, 2020TIMEUnder so many savage blows, the labouring mountains brought forth Turks.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONIt makes out of the savage raw material which is our basal mental stuff, a citizen.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSYet a child coming under the humanising influences of culture soon gets far away from the level of the savage.
CHILDREN'S WAYSJAMES SULLYWORDS RELATED TO SAVAGE
- afflictive
- annoying
- bad
- brutal
- calamitous
- cruel
- dire
- disagreeable
- displeasing
- distasteful
- disturbing
- galling
- grievous
- hard
- harsh
- heartbreaking
- hurtful
- inclement
- intemperate
- intense
- merciless
- offensive
- poignant
- provoking
- rigorous
- rugged
- ruthless
- savage
- severe
- sharp
- stinging
- unpalatable
- unpleasant
- vexatious
- woeful
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