Definitions

savagery

[sav-ij-ree] / ˈsæv ɪdʒ ri /

NOUN

cruelty

Synonyms

STRONGEST

barbarism barbarity brutality depravity ferocity inhumanity malice persecution ruthlessness severity viciousness

STRONG

animality bestiality bloodthirstiness callousness coarseness coldness despotism fierceness heartlessness insensibility insensitiveness malignity masochism mercilessness murderousness rancor sadism savageness spite spitefulness torture truculence truculency unfeelingness unkindness venom wickedness

WEAK

brutishness fiendishness hard-heartedness

Antonyms

STRONGEST

kindness

STRONG

love

Example Sentences

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Few if any of even Kim Jong-un’s looniest tirades match these posts for their wild-eyed savagery.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Septimius Severus was capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

They’ve always moved between gloss and grime, shimmer and savagery.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

But even though the wild hunt has commenced, there’s still a lot more occult savagery to come.

From Salon • Feb. 10, 2025

Order blends into chaos, love into hate, ugliness into beauty, law into anarchy, civility into savagery.

From "The Things They Carried" by Tim O'Brien

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