nnoun.persona member of an uncivilized peopleSynset:barbarian
Derivationally Related Form:barbariansavage
Hypernyms:primitive primitive person
Inherited Hypernyms:savageprimitivepersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:savageprimitivepersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:Vandalanthropophagiteanthropophaguscannibalhead-shrinkerheadhunterhunter-gathererman-eater
Instance Hyponyms:Odoacer Odovacar Odovakar
Full Hyponyms:cannibalheadhunterhunter-gatherervandal
nnoun.persona cruelly rapacious personSynset:beast brute wildcat wolf
Derivationally Related Form:savage
Hypernyms:aggressor assailant assaulter attacker
Inherited Hypernyms:beastattackerwrongdoerbad personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:beastattackerwrongdoerbad personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
vverb.competitionattack brutally and fiercelyDerivationally Related Form:savagerysavage
Hypernyms:assail assault attack set on
Inherited Hypernyms:savageassail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody | Something ---s somebody | Something ---s something
vverb.communicationcriticize harshly or violentlySynset:blast crucify pillory
Examples:- The press savaged the new President
- The critics crucified the author for plagiarizing a famous passage
Hypernyms:criticise criticize knock pick apart
Inherited Hypernyms:savageknockcommentnotestateexpress
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s somebody
adj satadj.all(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or sufferingSynset:barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod vicious
Examples:- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
Antonyms:humane
Derivationally Related Form:savagesavagenessbrutalitybarbarousnessviciousnesscruelness
Inherited Hypernyms:barbarous
Similar to:inhumane
adj satadj.allwild and menacingSynset:feral ferine
Antonyms:tame
Derivationally Related Form:savageness
Inherited Hypernyms:feral
Similar to:untamed wild
adj satadj.allwithout civilizing influencesSynset:barbarian barbaric uncivilised uncivilized wild
Examples:- barbarian invaders
- barbaric practices
- a savage people
- fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade
- wild tribes
Antonyms:civilized
Derivationally Related Form:savagesavagenessbarbarianwildnessbarbaritywild
Inherited Hypernyms:barbarian
Similar to:noncivilised noncivilized
adj satadj.allmarked by extreme and violent energySynset:ferocious fierce furious
Examples:- a ferocious beating
- fierce fighting
- a furious battle
Antonyms:nonviolent
Derivationally Related Form:furiousnessfiercenessferociousnessferocitysavageness
Inherited Hypernyms:ferocious
Similar to:violent