savage

Meanings

• a member of an uncivilized people
• a cruelly rapacious person
• attack brutally and fiercely
• criticize harshly or violently
  • "The press savaged the new President"
• (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  • "a savage slap"
• wild and menacing
• without civilizing influences; ; ; ; -Margaret Meade
  • "a savage people"
• marked by extreme and violent energy

Synonyms

barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, beast, blast, brutal, brute, crucify, cruel, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, furious, pillory, roughshod, uncivilised, uncivilized, vicious, wild, wildcat, wolf