savage
US: /ˈsævədʒ/, /ˈsævɪdʒ/
UK: /sˈævɪdʒ/
English - Vietnamese dictionary
savage /'sævidʤ/- tính từ
- hoang vu, hoang dại
- savage scene: cảnh hoang vu
- dã man, man rợ; không văn minh
- savage life: cuộc sống dã man
- tàn ác
- savage persecution: sự khủng bố tàn ác
- savage criticism: sự phê bình gay gắt
- (thông tục) tức giận, cáu kỉnh
- hoang vu, hoang dại
- danh từ
- người hoang dã, người man rợ
- người tàn bạo dã man, người độc ác
- ngoại động từ
- cắn, giẫm lên (người hay các thú vật khác) (nói về ngựa)
Advanced English dictionary
adjective, noun, verb+ adjective
1 fierce and violent; causing great harm: savage dogs + She had been badly hurt in what police described as 'a savage attack'. + savage public spending cuts
2 involving very strong criticism: The article was a savage attack on the government's record.
3 [only before noun] (old-fashioned, !!!) an offensive way of referring to groups of people or customs that are considered to be simple and not highly developed
Synonym: PRIMITIVE
a savage tribe
savagely adverb: savagely attacked / criticized + 'No!' he snarled savagely.
+ noun (old-fashioned, !!!) an offensive word for a person who belongs to a tribe that is simple and not developed: the development of the human race from primitive savages + He described the terrorist attack as the work of savages (= cruel and violent people).
+ verb [VN] [usually passive]
1 (of an animal) to attack sb violently, causing serious injury: She was savaged to death by a bear.
2 (written) to criticize sb/sth severely: Her latest novel has been savaged by the critics.
Thesaurus dictionary
adj.
1 wild, untamed, undomesticated, feral, unbroken:
These savage beasts had never seen a man before.
2 vicious, ferocious, fierce, beastly, bestial, brutish, bloodthirsty, brutal, cruel, ruthless, pitiless, merciless, harsh, bloody, unmerciful, fell, barbarous, barbaric, murderous, demonic, demoniac, sadistic:
The boy was subjected to a savage attack by the defendant's dog. The king's guards were selected for their savage nature
3 wild, uncivilized, uncultivated, primitive, inhuman, bestial, barbaric, barbarous, untamed, rude:
The savage behaviour of some New Guinea tribes included cannibalism.
n.
4 wild man or woman, brute, barbarian; Caliban:
When the explorers landed on the island, they were welcomed by the savages who lived there.
Collocation
VERBS
be, look, seem, sound | become
ADV.
downright, really, very | increasingly
The war became increasingly savage.
| rather
a rather savage dog
Concise dictionary
savages'sævɪdʒnoun
+a member of an uncivilized people
+a cruelly rapacious person
verb
+attack brutally and fiercely
+criticize harshly or violently
adj.
+(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
+wild and menacing
+without civilizing influences
+marked by extreme and violent energy
