English-Thai Dictionary

savage

ADJ โหดร้าย  ดุร้าย  รุนแรง  โกรธจัด  uncivilized barbaric crude hod-rai

 

savagely

ADV อย่าง ป่าเถื่อน  อย่าง หยาบคาย  อย่าง โหดร้าย  cruelly viciously indecently yang-pa-tuan

 

savageness

N ความป่าเถื่อน  ความโหดร้าย  kwam-pa-tuan

 

savagery

N ความดุร้าย  ความป่าเถื่อน  ความโหดร้าย  ความโหดเหี้ยม  ความทารุ ณ  cruelty ferocity inhumanity violence kwam-du-rai

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SAVAGE

a.[L. silva, a wood, or silvicola, an inhabitant of a wood, or silvaticus.] 1. Pertaining to the forest; wild; remote from human residence and improvements; uncultivated; as a savage wilderness.
Cornels and savage berries of the wood.
2. Wild; untamed; as savage beasts of prey.
3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as savage life; savage manners.
What nation since the commencement of the christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without christianity?
4. Cruel; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as a savage spirit.

 

SAVAGE

n. 1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught, uncivilized or without cultivation of mind or manners. The savages of America, when uncorrupted by the vices of civilized men, are remarkable for their hospitality to strangers, and for their truth, fidelity and gratitude to their friends, but implacably cruel and revengeful towards their enemies. From this last trait of the savage character, the word came to signify,
2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.
3. The name of a genus of fierce voracious flies.

 

SAVAGE

v.t.To make wild, barbarous or cruel. [Not well authorized and little used. ]

 

SAVAGELY

adv. In the manner of a savage; cruelly; inhumanly.

 

SAVAGENESS

n. 1. Wildness; an untamed, uncultivated or uncivilized state; barbarism. Hence,
2. Cruelty; barbarousness.
Wolves and bears, they say, casting their savageness aside, have done like offices of pity.

 

SAVAGERY

n. 1. Wild growth, as of plants.
2. Cruelty; barbarity.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

SAVAGE

Sav "age (; 48 ), a. Etym: [F. sauvage, OF. salvage, fr. L. silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, fr. silva a wood. See Silvan, and cf. Sylvatic. ]

 

1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild; as, a savage wilderness.

 

2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated; as, savage beasts. Cornels, and savage berries of the wood. Dryden.

 

3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude; as, savage life; savage manners. What nation, since the commencement of the Christian era, ever rose from savage to civilized without Christianity E. D. Griffin.

 

4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal; as, a savage spirit.

 

Syn. -- Ferocious; wild; uncultivated; untamed; untaught; uncivilized; unpolished; rude; brutish; brutal; heathenish; barbarous; cruel; inhuman; fierce; pitiless; merciless; unmerciful; atrocious. See Ferocious.

 

SAVAGE

SAVAGE Sav "age, n.

 

1. A human being in his native state of rudeness; one who is untaught; uncivilized, or without cultivation of mind or manners.

 

2. A man of extreme, unfeeling, brutal cruelty; a barbarian.

 

SAVAGE

SAVAGE Sav "age (; 48 ), v. t.

 

Defn: To make savage. [R.] Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf. South

 

SAVAGELY

SAVAGELY Sav "age *ly, adv.

 

Defn: In a savage manner.

 

SAVAGENESS

SAVAGENESS Sav "age *ness, n.

 

Defn: The state or quality of being savage. Wolves and bears, they say, Casting their savageness aside have done Like offices of pity. Shak.

 

SAVAGERY

Sav "age *ry, n. Etym: [F. sauvagerie. ]

 

1. The state of being savage; savageness; savagism. A like work of primeval savagery. C. Kingsley.

 

2. An act of cruelty; barbarity. The wildest savagery, the vilest stroke, That ever wall-eyed wrath or staring rage Presented to the tears of soft remorse. Shak.

 

3. Wild growth, as of plants. Shak.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

savage

sav age |ˈsavij ˈsævɪʤ | ▶adjective (of an animal or force of nature ) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled: tales of a savage beast | a week of savage storms. • cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile: they launched a savage attack on the budget. • (chiefly in historical or literary contexts ) primitive; uncivilized. • (of a place ) wild-looking and inhospitable; uncultivated. • (of something bad or negative ) very great; severe: this would deal a savage blow to the government's fight. ▶noun (chiefly in historical or literary contexts ) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. • a brutal or vicious person: the mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (esp. of a dog or wild animal ) attack ferociously and maul: ewes savaged by marauding dogs. • subject to a vicious verbal attack; criticize brutally: Fowler savaged her in his next review. DERIVATIVES sav age ly adverb, sav age ness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French sauvage ‘wild, ’ from Latin silvaticus ‘of the woods, ’ from silva ‘a wood. ’

 

Savage, Michael Joseph

Sav ¦age |ˈsavɪdʒ | (1872 –1940 ), New Zealand Labour statesman, Prime Minister 1935 –40. New Zealand's first Labour Prime Minister, he introduced many reforms, including social security legislation which he dubbed ‘applied Christianity ’.

 

savagery

sav age ry |ˈsavijrē ˈsævɪʤri | ▶noun ( pl. savageries ) 1 the quality of being fierce or cruel: a crime of the utmost savagery. she was treated with particular savagery by cartoonists. 2 (chiefly in historical or literary contexts ) the condition of being primitive or uncivilized: without adult society, the children descend into savagery. the progress of civilization over savagery.

 

Oxford Dictionary

savage

sav ¦age |ˈsavɪdʒ | ▶adjective 1 (of an animal or force of nature ) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled: packs of savage dogs roamed the streets. • cruel and vicious; aggressively hostile: a savage attack on the government. 2 (of something bad or negative ) very great; severe: the decision was a savage blow for the town. 3 (chiefly in historical or literary contexts ) primitive; uncivilized. • (of a place ) wild-looking and inhospitable; uncultivated. ▶noun 1 (chiefly in historical or literary contexts ) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. 2 a brutal or vicious person: the mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages. 3 Heraldry a representation of a bearded and semi-naked man with a wreath of leaves. ▶verb [ with obj. ] (especially of a dog or wild animal ) attack ferociously and maul: police are rounding up dogs after a girl was savaged. • subject to a vicious verbal attack; criticize brutally: he savaged the government for wasting billions in their failed bid to prop up the pound. DERIVATIVES savagely adverb, savageness noun ORIGIN Middle English: from Old French sauvage ‘wild ’, from Latin silvaticus ‘of the woods ’, from silva ‘a wood ’.

 

Savage, Michael Joseph

Sav ¦age |ˈsavɪdʒ | (1872 –1940 ), New Zealand Labour statesman, Prime Minister 1935 –40. New Zealand's first Labour Prime Minister, he introduced many reforms, including social security legislation which he dubbed ‘applied Christianity ’.

 

savagery

sav |agery |ˈsavɪdʒ (ə )ri | ▶noun ( pl. savageries ) [ mass noun ] 1 the quality of being fierce or cruel: a crime of the utmost savagery. she was treated with particular savagery by cartoonists. 2 (chiefly in historical or literary contexts ) the condition of being primitive or uncivilized: without adult society, the children descend into savagery. the progress of civilization over savagery.

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

savage

savage adjective 1 savage dogs: ferocious, fierce; wild, untamed, untamable, undomesticated, feral. ANTONYMS tame. 2 a savage assault: vicious, brutal, cruel, sadistic, ferocious, fierce, violent, bloody, murderous, homicidal, bloodthirsty; literary fell; archaic sanguinary; informal smash-mouth. 3 a savage attack on free-trade policy: fierce, blistering, scathing, searing, stinging, devastating, mordant, trenchant, caustic, cutting, biting, withering, virulent, vitriolic. ANTONYMS mild. 4 a savage race: primitive, uncivilized, unenlightened, nonliterate. ANTONYMS civilized. 5 a savage landscape: rugged, rough, wild, inhospitable, uninhabitable. 6 a savage blow for the town: severe, crushing, devastating, crippling, terrible, awful, dreadful, dire, catastrophic, calamitous, ruinous. ▶noun 1 archaic she'd expected mud huts and savages: barbarian, wild man, wild woman, primitive. 2 she described her son's assailants as savages: brute, beast, monster, barbarian, sadist, animal. ▶verb 1 he was savaged by a dog: maul, attack, tear to pieces, lacerate, claw, bite. 2 critics savaged the film: criticize severely, attack, lambaste, condemn, denounce, pillory, revile; informal pan, tear to pieces, hammer, slam, do a hatchet job on, crucify, trash; formal excoriate.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

savage

savage adjective 1 packs of savage dogs roamed the streets: ferocious, fierce; wild, untamed, undomesticated, feral; predatory, ravening. ANTONYMS tame. 2 James died after a savage assault at his home near Blackpool: vicious, brutal, cruel, sadistic, ferocious, fierce, violent, bloody, murderous, homicidal, bloodthirsty, bestial, brutish, barbaric, barbarous, merciless, ruthless, pitiless, heartless, inhuman, harsh, callous, cold-blooded; archaic fell, sanguinary. 3 Calvert launched a savage attack on European free-trade policy: fierce, blistering, scathing, searing, stinging, devastating, mordant, trenchant, caustic, cutting, biting, withering, virulent, vitriolic. ANTONYMS mild, gentle. 4 a savage race: primitive, uncivilized, unenlightened, non-literate, in a state of nature, heathen; wild, barbarian, barbarous, barbaric; archaic rude. ANTONYMS civilized. 5 the most savage landscape you are likely to see in the Pyrenees: rugged, rough, wild, inhospitable, uninhabitable. 6 the decision was a savage blow for the town: severe, crushing, devastating, crippling, terrible, awful, dreadful, dire, catastrophic, calamitous, ruinous; mortal, lethal, fatal. ▶noun 1 Sheila had expected mud huts and savages: barbarian, wild man, wild woman, primitive, heathen; cannibal; Caliban. 2 the mother of one of the victims has described his assailants as savages: brute, beast, monster, barbarian, ogre, demon, sadist, animal. ▶verb 1 11 -year-old Kelly was savaged by two Rottweilers: maul, attack, tear to pieces, lacerate, claw, bite, mutilate, mangle; worry. 2 British critics savaged the film: criticize severely, attack, lambaste, condemn, flay, shoot down, pillory, revile; informal jump on, tear to pieces, take to pieces, take /pull apart, lay into, pitch into, hammer, slam, bash, do a hatchet job on, crucify, give something a battering, roast, skewer, throw brickbats at, knock; Brit. informal slate, rubbish, slag off, monster; N. Amer. informal bad-mouth, pummel; Austral. /NZ informal trash, bag, give someone bondi; archaic excoriate, slash. ANTONYMS praise, commend, applaud.

 

savagery

savagery noun the appalling savagery of the attack: brutality, ferocity, fierceness, violence, viciousness, cruelty, sadism, barbarity, barbarousness, murderousness, bloodthirstiness, brutishness, mercilessness, ruthlessness, pitilessness, inhumanity, heartlessness; rare ferity. ANTONYMS mildness, gentleness.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

savage

sav age /sǽvɪdʒ /形容詞 more ～; most ～1 〈人 動物などが 〉獰猛 （どうもう ）な ; 〈処罰 犯罪などが 〉残忍な , 残酷な (vicious )▸ a savage dog 獰猛な犬 2 〈批判などが 〉手厳しい , 容赦のない ; (度合いが )激しい , 害のある ▸ a savage attack 手厳しい攻撃 .3 ｟けなして やや古 ｠〖通例 名詞 の前で 〗未開の , 野蛮な (uncivilized ).4 〈ふるまいが 〉洗練されていない , 粗野な .5 a. 〈動物が 〉野生の , 飼い慣らされていない .b. 〈土地が 〉荒れた , 荒涼とした .6 ｟くだけて ｠ひどく頭にきた .名詞 C 〖通例 ～s 〗残酷 [残忍 ]な人 ; ｟けなして やや古 ｠野蛮人 , 未開人 .動詞 他動詞 1 〈人 動物が 〉〈人 〉を襲う , …にかみつく (!しばしば受け身で ) .2 〈人が 〉〈人 著作など 〉を激しく批判する , 酷評する .～ness 名詞 U 獰猛さ, 残忍さ .

 

savagely

s á v age ly 副詞 獰猛 （どうもう ）に, 猛烈に, 手厳しく ; 無作法に ; ひどく怒って .

 

savagery

sav age ry /sǽvɪdʒ (ə )ri /名詞 複 -ries 1 U 残酷, 獰猛 （どうもう ）さ ; C 〖通例 -ries 〗蛮行 .2 U 未開, 野蛮 .