savage
adj 1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict
pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal
beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod
treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious
kicks" [syn: {barbarous}, {brutal}, {cruel}, {fell}, {roughshod},
{vicious}]
2: wild and menacing; "a ferocious dog" [syn: {feral}]
3: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
"barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn: {barbarian},
{barbaric}, {uncivilized}, {wild}]
4: marked by extreme and violent energy; "a ferocious beating";
"fierce fighting"; "a furious battle" [syn: {ferocious}, {fierce},
{furious}]
n 1: a member of an uncivilized people [syn: {barbarian}]
2: a cruelly rapacious person [syn: {beast}, {wolf}, {brute}, {wildcat}]
v : criticize harshly or violently; "The press savaged the new
President"