different between savage vs murderous
savage
English
Etymology
From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed”), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods”), from silva (“forest", "grove”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?sæv?d?/
- Rhymes: -æv?d?
- Hyphenation: sav?age
Adjective
savage (comparative more savage, superlative most savage)
- Wild; not cultivated.
- Barbaric; not civilized.
- Fierce and ferocious.
- Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
- (Britain, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
- - I'll see you in detention.
- Ah, savage!
- - I'll see you in detention.
- (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
- Synonyms: wicked; see also Thesaurus:excellent
- (heraldry) Nude; naked.
Related terms
- sylvan (see for more terms)
Translations
Noun
savage (plural savages)
- (derogatory) A person living in a traditional, especially tribal, rather than civilized society, especially when viewed as uncivilized and uncultivated; a barbarian.
- (figuratively) A defiant person.
Alternative forms
- salvage
Translations
Verb
savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)
- To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
- (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
- (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
- (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
- Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.
Translations
Anagrams
- agaves
Middle English
Alternative forms
- sauvage, saveage, salvage
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French savage, from Late Latin salv?ticus, from Latin silv?ticus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?va?d?(?)/, /sa?vau?d?(?)/
Adjective
savage
- savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive
- wild, untamed, harsh
- mighty, strong, powerful
- ferocious, angry, attacking, opposed
- (rare) demented, crazy, insane
- (rare) ill-thought, ill-advised
Derived terms
- savagyne
Descendants
- English: savage
- Scots: savage
References
- “sav??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.
savage From the web:
- what savage mean
- what savage love means
- what savage rifle do i have
- what savage means in spanish
- what savage mean in english
- what savage 110 do i have
- what does savage mean
murderous
English
Etymology
From murder +? -ous (suffix forming adjectives from nouns denoting possession or presence of a quality).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?m??d???s/, /?m??d??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?m?d???s/, /?m?d??s/
- Homophone: murderess (one pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: mur?der?ous
Adjective
murderous (comparative more murderous, superlative most murderous)
- Of, characterized by, or pertaining to murder or murderers.
- Of a person: intending or likely to commit murder; bloodthirsty, homicidal.
- Synonym: (obsolete) assassinous
- Antonyms: nonmurderous, unmurderous
- (often figuratively) Of an object: used to commit murder; capable of causing death; deadly, fatal.
- Antonyms: nonmurderous, unmurderous
- (by extension) Very difficult.
- Synonyms: killing; see also Thesaurus:difficult
- Antonyms: see Thesaurus:easy
Alternative forms
- murtherous (obsolete)
Derived terms
- murderously
- murderousness
- nonmurderous
- unmurderous
Related terms
Translations
References
Further reading
- murder on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
murderous From the web:
- what murderous villain are you
- what's murderous intent
- murderous meaning
- what are murderous hornets
- what kills murderous hornets
- what eats murderous hornets
- what causes murderous thoughts
- what do murderous dreams mean
Share
Tweet
+1
Share
Pin
Like
Send
Share
you may also like
- savage vs murderous
- blare vs roll
- replete vs accompanied
- abstract vs ultimate
- unscrupulous vs unlawful
- treatise vs memoir
- curse vs hurt
- gush vs dribble
- connection vs parley
- sprint vs hasten
- authoritative vs unlimited
- false vs valueless
- extol vs adore
- faultfinding vs malicious
- lofty vs large
- satisfaction vs solace
- large vs husky
- malign vs discredit
- dull vs muffle
- foxy vs manoeuvring