savage: Meaning and Definition of

sav•age

1. fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed: savage beasts.
2. uncivilized; barbarous: savage tribes.
3. enraged or furiously angry, as a person.
4. unpolished; rude: savage manners.
5. wild or rugged, as country or scenery: savage wilderness.
6. uncultivated; growing wild.

1. an uncivilized human being.
2. a fierce, brutal, or cruel person.
3. a rude, boorish person.
4. a member of a preliterate society.

1. to assault and maul by biting, rending, goring, etc.; tear at or mutilate: numerous sheep savaged by dogs.
2. to attack or criticize thoroughly or remorselessly; excoriate: a play savaged by the critics.

Sav•age

1. 1872–1940, New Zealand statesman and labor leader: prime minister 1935–40.
2. 1697?–1743, English poet.