Reverse Dictionary: SAVAGE

ADJECTIVES
► ASPRE hardy, warlike; mettled, fierce, savage → c1374 obs.
► BELLUINE pertaining to or characteristic of beasts; beast-like, brutal, savage → 1618 obs.
► BESTIAL brutish, savage, cruel, rude, barbarous, uncivilized → c1400
► BOISTOUS full of rude strength and fierce vigour; rough, fierce, savage; powerful, violent in action → c1325 obs.
► CRIMINAL of beasts: savage, fierce, malignant → 1477 obs.
► EAGER of animals and birds of prey: fierce, savage → c1386 obs.
► EFFEROUS extremely wild, fierce, or savage; cruel, ferocious, violent → 1614 obs.
► FAROUCHIE savage, cruel, ferocious → 1825 Sc. obs.
► FELL savage, fierce, cruel; terrible, stern → 1684 Sc. & Eng. dial.
► FERINE of humans, their actions and attributes: barbarous, savage, fierce → 1640
► FEROCIENT ferocious, fierce, savage → 1654 obs.
► HUNNISH characteristic of the Huns; brutal, savage, destructive → 1625
► IMMANE inhumanly cruel or savage; brutal, wild → 1599 
► KEEN fierce, savage (chiefly used of animals); cruel; harsh (to a person) → a1000 obs.
► MAN-KEEN inclined to attack people; fierce, savage → 1300 chiefly said of an animal, rarely a person
► NERONIAN exhibiting the tyranny, cruelty, or moral depravity of Nero; cruel, savage → 1598
► SABBAGE savage → 1904 Eng. dial. (Bk.)
► SALVAGE savage, barbarous → 1818 Sc. & Ireland obs.
► SAVAGE AS A BUTCHER’S DOG very savage → 1867
► SAVAGE AS A MEAT AXE very angry, and violent, exceedingly savage, ferocious  → 1834 Amer. dial.
► SAVAGED savage, barbarous, uncivilized; also, rendered savage or cruel → 1611 obs.
► SAVAGINE savage, wild → c1430 obs.
► SAVAGIOUS savage → 1650 obs.
► SAVIGEROUS ► SAVIGROUS ► SERGIVEROUS ► SERVIGOUS ► SERVIGROUS ► SEVIGROUS ► SURVIGEROUS ► SURVIGOROUS ► SURVIGROUS ► SUVIGROUS fierce, savage, violent, powerful, ill-tempered, headstrong, obstinate, strong-willed → 1835 Amer. dial.
► SEVERE wild, untamed, fierce, vicious, savage → 1829 Amer. dial.
► SHARP fierce, savage → 1899 Amer. dial.
► TARTAR rough and violent, savage, cruel → 1809
► TEAR-IN-TWO violent, savage → 1892 Sc.
► TRUCULENT exhibiting ferocity or cruelty; fierce, cruel, savage, barbarous, destructive → c1550 
► TURKISH cruel, savage, barbarous; like the Turks or their behaviour → 1602
► VARMINT savage; wicked → 1891 Eng. dial.
► VENOM venomous; virulent, malignant, spiteful, fierce, malicious, savage → a1350 obs. exc. Eng. dial.
► WICKED ill-natured, savage, vicious → 1984 Aust. colloq. (Bk.)

ADVERBS
► SAVAGIOUSLY savagely → 1632 obs.
► UGSOMELY savagely → 1905 Eng. dial. (Bk.)

NOUNS
► FELLNESS fierceness, harshness, savagery; cruelty; malignity; also, sternness, severity → c1410 obs.
► IMMANITY inhuman cruelty; savagery, brutality; also, a cruel or savage act → 1539 obs.
► SAVAGEDOM the condition of being a savage; the realm of savages; savage people collectively → 1845
► SAVAGISM the condition of being wild or uncivilized; the savage state of human society → 1796

NOUNS – PERSON
► BARBARIAN a rude, wild, uncivilized person; a savage → 1604
► BEAST a brutal, savage man; a man acting in any manner unworthy of a reasonable creature → c1210
► BLOOD-DRINKER a primitive savage who killed and feasted on his ‘kill’ → 1899
► NEEGER a savage, barbarous fellow; an oaf, a lout → 1792 Sc. 
► PANTHER a fierce or savage man → 1868 
► RED-AITIN ► RED-ETIN a savage, barbarous person → 1610 Sc.
► SALVAGE a cruel or savage person; a barbarian → 1606 obs.
► SAVAGE a savage, cruel, or fierce person; an unfeeling or brutal person; also, one who is destitute of culture, or who is ignorant or neglectful of the rules of good behaviour; a coarse, uncouth person → 1606
► SAVAGESS a female savage → 1640
► SAVAGINE a savage→ a1400-50 obs.
► TARTAR a savage person; a rough and violent or irritable person, an irascible person; an ill-natured, shrewish woman, a vixen, a termagant → 1663
► VAMPIRE a person of a malignant and loathsome character, esp. one who preys ruthlessly upon others; a vile and cruel exactor or extortioner; a savage or fierce person → 1741
► WARLOCK a savage or monstrous creature (hostile to men); applied to giants, cannibals, mythical beasts, etc. → a1000 obs.
► YAHOO a savage; a very ill-mannered person → 1726

VERBS
► CHEW UP to savage; to mangle the body of → 20C sl.
► GET MEDIEVAL ON SOMEONE’S ASS to treat with extreme savagery → 1990s sl.
► GET UP ONE’S INGUN to get angry, to turn savage → 1896 Amer. sl. (Bk.)
► SAVAGIZE to render savage or cruel → 1848
► SPEAK DAGGERS to speak fiercely, savagely, or angrily → 1602