What is another word for savage ?

(of a person or group) Primitive and uncivilized

skeptic^US

sceptic^UK

lacking in social graces

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“We had terrible visions of savage marauders destroying sacred idols, throwing them around with vicious glee.”

Adjective

(usually of animals) Wild and feral, without taming or domestication

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“The howling and growling of the savage beasts outside would fill them with fear.”

Adjective

(of a place) Wild-looking and inhospitable

“The desert's landscape has a savage grandeur unlike that of any other region.”

Adjective

Highly cruel or violent in nature

with a heart of stone

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

knock-down-and-drag-out

demoralised^UK

demoralized^US

red in tooth and claw

grueling^US

sombre^UK

somber^US

gruelling^UK

like getting blood out of a stone

at each other's throats

humourless^UK

humorless^US

raining cats and dogs

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

easier said than done

labored^US

laboured^UK

gray^US

grey^UK

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“The people would ultimately overthrow the savage dictator who had ravaged the country for decades.”

Adjective

Highly critical in nature

sulphurous^UK

sulfurous^US

accidentally on purpose

savoury^UK

savory^US

colourful^UK

flavoursome^UK

appetizing^US

flavorsome^US

appetising^UK

colorful^US

fetid^US

foetid^UK

skeptical^US

sceptical^UK

flavourful^UK

rubbing the wrong way

calling a spade a spade

sombre^UK

somber^US

agonizing^US

agonising^UK

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“Pundits would launch a savage attack on the new policies.”

Adjective

environmentally unfriendly

Very great in degree, often with bad or negative repercussions

paralysing^UK

paralyzing^US

unfavorable^US

imperiling^US

imperilling^UK

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“The company's near demise paralleled the savage downturn in market demand.”

Adjective

Intensely painful

Adjective

Relating to crime

without law and order

terrorizing^US

terrorising^UK

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Adjective

Pertaining to, or having the form, nature or habits of, a beast or animal

Noun

member of a criminal gang

A brutal or vicious person

spectre^UK

specter^US

jailbird^US

gaolbird^UK

phoney^UK

phony^US

public enemy number one

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“Stop being a heartless savage and try to show some compassion for a change.”

Noun

An uncultured or brutish person

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“I do not appreciate being treated like a savage from the jungles.”

Noun

A rough and generally bad-mannered person

gaolbird^UK

jailbird^US

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Verb

give something a bad press

To criticize extremely severely

attack

slam

lambaste

criticise^UK

criticize^US

pummelled^UK

pummel^US

belabour^UK

belabor^US

give someone a bad press

give something a battering

give someone a roasting

rap over the knuckles

give someone a rollicking

give someone a bollocking

give someone a dressing-down

stigmatize^US

stigmatise^UK

ostracise^UK

ostracize^US

jump down one's throat

give a tongue-lashing

jump down someone's throat

bite someone's head off

snap someone's head off

minimize^US

put someone on the hot seat

pin your ears back

crawl all over

put someone on the griddle

burn someone's ears

blacken someone's reputation

minimise^UK

give someone a caning

give someone some stick

give someone an earful

give someone a mouthful

give someone a telling-off

give someone a wigging

send someone away with a flea in their ear

rap someone the knuckles

give someone what for

give someone a rating

trivialize^US

marginalize^US

marginalise^UK

trivialise^UK

express disapproval of

kick up a stink about

give a piece of one's mind

sully the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

conduct a smear campaign against

demonize^US

demonise^UK

dishonor^US

dishonour^UK

complain vociferously about

lodge a protest against

express disagreement with

speak of with disfavour

blacken the character of

satirize^US

satirise^UK

moralise^UK

moralize^US

rap across the knuckles

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

have someone on the carpet

mete out punishment to

make an example of

criticize hatefully

give someone a carpeting

express strong disapproval of

express objections to

come down on like a ton of bricks

give someone stick

disfavour^UK

disfavor^US

express a poor opinion of

express disapprobation of

express disapprobation

raise trivial objections to

baulk^UK

balk^US

hold someone to blame

lose one's temper with

give vent to one's emotions

give free rein to one's emotions

breathe down someone's neck

get on someone's back

send someone away with a flea in his

disagree violently with

scandalize^US

make a protest against

complain bitterly about

kick up

put up a fight against

take great exception to

give a zinger

confront

scandalise^UK

hit where one lives

give the cold shoulder

put your back up

make somebody's hackles rise

ruffle one's feathers

raise your hackles

peck

go on

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“Critics would savage the newly released romantic comedy for being overly bland and formulaic.”

Verb

To physically attack ferociously and wound

brutalise^UK

brutalize^US

“Be careful of animals in the wild that have been known to savage campers.”

Verb