savage betydelse and definition

Betydelse av savage på svenska

• 0 extremely violent, wild, or frightening:

  • a savage dog/beast

  • a brutal and savage attack

  • savage criticism

  • savage cuts in education spending

• 1 If an animal savages someone, it attacks them violently and causes serious injuries:

  • The child was savaged by a dog.

• 2 a person whose way of life is at a very early stage of development:

  • Twelve thousand years ago, our ancestors were primitive savages living in caves.

• 3 (of an animal) wild and fierce, or (of a remark or action) violently cruel:

  • savage beasts

  • He writes about people who are savage and cruel.

• 4 someone who is thought to be in a wild state and to have no experience of a civilized society (= highly developed society)

• 5 to criticize someone cruelly:

  • The performance was savaged by the media.