savageness

  • 41barbarity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Savagery] Syn. savageness, cruelty, brutality; see cruelty . 2. [Crudity] Syn. boorishness, vulgarity, crudeness; see rudeness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. barbarism, savagery, ignorance, cloddishness, brutality,… …

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  • 42brutality — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. savageness, ruthlessness, harshness, unfeelingness; see cruelty . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. viciousness, savagery, cruelty, coldness, barbarism, ferocity, inhumanity, heartlessness, brutishness, harshness. ANT.:… …

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  • 43cruelty — I (Roget s IV) n. Syn. brutality, barbarity, sadism, savageness, unkindness, inhumanity, barbarism, mercilessness, barbarousness, unmercifulness, wickedness, ruthlessness, severity, malignity, malice, rancor, venom, coldness, unfeelingness,… …

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  • 44savage — sav|age1 [ˈsævıdʒ] adj ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(violent)¦ 2¦(criticizing)¦ 3¦(severe)¦ 4¦(people)¦ ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: sauvage, from Medieval Latin salvaticus, from Latin silvaticus of the woods, wild , from silva forest ] 1.) …

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  • 45inhumanity — late 15c., from Fr. inhumanité (14c.) or directly from L. inhumanitatem (nom. inhumanitas) inhuman conduct, savageness, noun of quality from inhumanus (see INHUMAN (Cf. inhuman)). And Man, whose heav n erected face The smiles of love adorn, Man s …

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  • 46barbarism — bar·ba·rism || bɑːbÉ™rɪzÉ™m n. cruelness, savageness; primitiveness …

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  • 47barbarisms — bar·ba·rism || bɑːbÉ™rɪzÉ™m n. cruelness, savageness; primitiveness …

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  • 48barbarousness — n. brutality, savageness; primitiveness …

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  • 49brutalism — noun 1》 cruelty and savageness. 2》 a stark style of functionalist architecture that makes use of steel and concrete in massive blocks. Derivatives brutalist noun & adjective …

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  • 50savage — adjective 1》 fierce, violent, and uncontrolled.     ↘cruel and vicious. 2》 primitive; uncivilized. 3》 (of a place) wild; uncultivated. noun 1》 a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. 2》 a brutal or vicious person. 3》 Heraldry… …

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