savage
adjective · noun · verbA2Định nghĩa theo từ loại
Tính từ
adjective- 1.
Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
a savage wilderness
a savage forest
Đồng nghĩa: feral, indomite, tameless, feral, ferine, indomite, savage, tameless, uplandish, untame, untamed, wild
- 2.
Barbaric; not civilized.
savage manners
Đồng nghĩa: barbarous, pagan, uncivil
- 3.
Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
Đồng nghĩa: crude, rough, rude
- 4.
Fierce and ferocious.
savage beasts
a savage spirit
Đồng nghĩa: fierce, furious, rabid, ferocious, fierce, furious, grim, incessive, infuriate, rabid, raging, savage, volatile, wild
- 5.
Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
He gave the dog a savage kick.
The woman was killed in a savage manner.
Đồng nghĩa: ruthless, sadistic, spiteful, barbarous, bowelless, brutal, compassionless, cruel, demonic, despiteful, diabolic, diabolical, fell, incessive, inclement, inhuman, inhumane, malicious, merciless, nasty, nonhumane, pitiless, remorseless, rotten, ruthless, sadistic, savage, spiteful, truculent, unbenevolent, unbenign, unkind, unmerciful, unpitiful, unpitying
- 6.
(slang)Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill.
- 7.
(UK, slang)Unpleasant or unfair.
– I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage!
- 8.
(Ireland, US, slang)Great, brilliant, amazing.
- 9.
(US, slang)Severe, rude, aggressive.
– They were so savage to them!
Danh từ
noun- 1.
(derogatory, historical)(historical, now derogatory) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.
- 2.
(figuratively)An aggressively defiant person.
Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day.
- 3.
(slang)Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.
- 4.
(obsolete)A wild and ferocious beast.
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.
- 2.
(figuratively, transitive)To criticise vehemently.
His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
- 3.
(transitive)(of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
- 4.
(obsolete, transitive)To make savage.
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From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (wild, untamed), from salvāticus, alteration of Latin silvāticus (wild), from silva (forest; grove). sylvatic.