Dictionary definition · savage
noun
- a member of an uncivilized people
- a cruelly rapacious person
verb
- attack brutally and fiercely
- criticize harshly or violently"The press savaged the new President"
adjective
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering"a barbarous crime"
- wild and menacing"a pack of feral dogs"
- without civilizing influences"barbarian invaders"
- marked by extreme and violent energy"a ferocious beating"
Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).