savageness

sav·age

S0104900 (săv′ĭj)adj.1. a. Not domesticated or cultivated; wild: a savage animal; the savage jungle.b. Not civilized; barbaric: a savage people.2. a. Vicious or merciless; brutal: a savage form of warfare.b. Characterized by or showing hostility; unforgiving: savage criticism.3. Extreme in strength or degree: savage heat.n. A member of a people regarded as primitive, uncivilized, brutal, or fierce.tr.v. sav·aged, sav·ag·ing, sav·ag·es 1. To assault ferociously.2. To attack without restraint or pity: The critics savaged the new play.

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[Middle English sauvage, from Old French, from Late Latin salvāticus, from Latin silvāticus, of the woods, wild, from silva, forest.]

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sav′age·ly adv.sav′age·ness n.

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Noun

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savageness - the property of being untamed and ferocious; "the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters"; "a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums"savageryferocity, fierceness, furiousness, vehemence, violence, wildness, fury - the property of being wild or turbulent; "the storm's violence"

Translations

粗鲁

savage

(ˈsӕvidʒ) adjective1. uncivilized. savage tribes. 原始的，野蠻的 原始的，野蛮的 2. fierce and cruel. The elephant can be quite savage; bitter and savage remarks. 殘暴的，兇猛的 残酷的，凶猛的 verb to attack. He was savaged by wild animals. 攻擊 （凶猛地）攻击，乱咬 noun1. a person in an uncivilized state. tribes of savages. 野蠻人 野蛮人2. a person who behaves in a cruel, uncivilized way. I hope the police catch the savages who attacked the old lady. 粗魯野蠻的人 粗鲁野蛮的人ˈsavagely adverb 野蠻地 粗鲁地ˈsavageness noun 野蠻 粗鲁ˈsavagery noun 野蠻，殘暴 野蛮，野性