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SAVAGERY

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SAVAGERY (noun)
  The noun SAVAGERY has 3 senses:

1. the property of being untamed and ferocious
2. the trait of extreme cruelty
3. a brutal barbarous savage act

  Familiarity information: SAVAGERY used as a noun is uncommon.


English dictionary: Word details


SAVAGERY (noun)


Sense 1savagery [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The property of being untamed and ferocious

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

savageness; savagery

Context examples:

the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters / a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums

Hypernyms ("savagery" is a kind of...):

ferocity; fierceness; furiousness; fury; vehemence; violence; wildness (the property of being wild or turbulent)


Sense 2savagery [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

The trait of extreme cruelty

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

viciousness; ferociousness; brutality; savagery

Hypernyms ("savagery" is a kind of...):

cruelness; cruelty; harshness (the quality of being cruel and causing tension or annoyance)


Sense 3savagery [BACK TO TOP]

Meaning:

A brutal barbarous savage act

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

barbarism; barbarity; brutality; savagery

Hypernyms ("savagery" is a kind of...):

atrocity; inhumanity (an act of atrocious cruelty)


English Proverbs
"Great oaks from little acorns grow."
(English proverb)
"Patience is bitter, but it has a sweet fruit."
(Afghanistan proverb)
"The wound of words is worse than the wound of swords."
(Arabic proverb)
"Life is just as long as the time it takes for someone to pass by a window."
(Corsican proverb)


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