Of an animal: living in a state of nature; not tame, not domesticated: opposed to tame, adj. 1.

Of animals: Of a violent or fierce nature; irritated, enraged. Obsolete.

Fierce, savage (chiefly of beasts); cruel; harsh (to a person). Obsolete.

Of an animal: wild, untamed, unruly, violent. Obsolete.

Of a person or animal, their actions, mind, or attributes: fierce, savage; cruel, ruthless; dreadful, terrible. Also in cruel and fell, fierce an…

Of a person, an animal, etc.: Full of fury or fierce passion; mad with anger, zeal, or the like; raging, frantic. Also of actions, attributes…

Of formidably violent and intractable temper, like a wild beast; vehement and merciless in anger or hostility. of animals.

= ramage, adj.

Of an animal: fierce, savage. Also: (of a wind) violent. Obsolete.

Of an animal, its behaviour, etc.: ferocious, fierce, vicious. Cf. sense A. 1.

Of a person. Morally bad, wicked. Occasionally also of a domestic animal: vicious, uncontrollable. Cf. naught, pron. 2a and noughty, adj. 2. Obsolete.

Of beasts: savage, fierce, malignant. Obsolete.

Of an animal: Of evil disposition; fierce, savage, vicious. Now dialect.

Of animals: Of evil disposition, bad-tempered; vicious, fierce; = cursed, adj. 4b. Obsolete.

Infuriated, furious, fierce, mad. Cf. man-keen, adj. 1.

Of an animal: lacking the capacity for reason, irrational. Also: wild, untamed. Obsolete.

Of an animal: abnormally aggressive; spec. (esp. of a dog) suffering from rabies, rabid.

Apparently originally of horned beasts: Enraged so as to be ready to horn any one. Hence of persons: Stark mad; mad with rage; furious. Cf. earlier…

Full of fierceness; ferocious, savage.

Of an animal or (rarely) a person: inclined to attack people; fierce, savage.

Untamed, savage.

Fierce, savage. Cf. fell, adj.1 4.

Of animals or persons, their dispositions or actions: Fierce, savage; savagely cruel or destructive.

Wild, savage.

Wild, untamed.

Bad-tempered, angry; aggressive, fierce. Also in extended use.

Rascally, villainous; sly; untrustworthy; of an animal: vicious, bad-tempered. Chiefly and now only South African.