savage
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Is savage a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (slang) Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.Examples: "Wow, that was a savage burn. Absolutely no chill."; "'Oops, I did it again': Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson's deke was so savage it has a name"; "Stephen Colbert revealed a savage new campaign slogan for President Donald Trump on Wednesday ― and it came courtesy of Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.)."slang
2. (UK, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.Examples: "– I'll see you in detention. – Ah, savage!"UKslang
3. (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.IrelandUSslang
4. (US, slang) Severe, rude, aggressive.Examples: "– They were so savage to them!"USslang
noun (English)
1. (historical, now derogatory) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.Examples: "'Well, my lord, I don't know,' said Freeman with a sort of jolly sneer; 'we have been dining with the savages.' 'They are not savages, Freeman.' 'Well, my lord, they have not much more clothes, anyhow; and as for knives and forks, there is not such a thing known.'"; "The glimpse of the steamboat had for some reason filled those savages with unrestrained grief."; "In the year 1879, when the Utes succeeded in getting some United States troops into what was afterwards known as Thornburg's "rat hole," several mounted couriers succeeded in slipping through the circling line of savages."derogatoryhistorical
2. (figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.Examples: "Their kids are little savages! One of them bit me the other day."figuratively
3. (slang) Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.Examples: "It was on Dec. 29 that TikTok star Liv Pearsall posted a video titled "7 Times Elmo Was an Absolute Savage," in which the star with more than 2.7 million followers lip-synced to various Elmo-ments."; ""Sometimes they would stay up while she'd have a whole new guy in a relationship," she wrote in a comment. "LMFAO she is a savage.""slang
4. (obsolete) A wild and ferocious beast.Examples: "The torch-eyed ſavage, with growl tremendous, riſing up, diſlocated at one blow the arched neck of Sadit's Arabian ſteed, and brought the unfortunate omrah to the duſt, expiring between his extended claws."obsolete
verb (English)
1. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.Examples: "His latest film was savaged by most reviewers."; "British journalists shun complete respectability, feeling a duty to be ready to savage the mighty, or rummage through their bins. Elsewhere in Europe, government contracts and subsidies ensure that press barons will only defy the mighty so far."figurativelytransitive
2. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.transitive
3. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.Examples: "Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf."obsoletetransitive
Definition source: Wiktionary