different between savage vs reckless
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
reckless
English
Alternative forms
- rechless, retchless (obsolete)
Etymology
From Middle English rekles, reckeles, rekkeles, (also recheles), from Old English r?cel?as (“reckless, careless, negligent”), equivalent to reck +? -less. Cognate with West Frisian roekeleas (“reckless”), Dutch roekeloos (“reckless”), German Low German ruuklos (“careless”), German ruchlos (“careless, notorious”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???kl?s/
Adjective
reckless (comparative recklesser or more reckless, superlative recklessest or most reckless)
- Careless or heedless; headstrong or rash.
- Indifferent to danger or the consequences.
Antonyms
- reckful
Derived terms
- recklessness
Translations
Anagrams
- clerkess
reckless From the web:
- what reckless means
- what reckless driving
- what reckless driving in california
- what's reckless driving in virginia
- what's reckless endangerment
- what reckless trading means
- what's reckless driving in north carolina
- what's reckless driving in indiana
you may also like
- savage vs reckless
- angry vs threatening
- shrewd vs scheming
- consecrate vs recognise
- passion vs feverishness
- industrious vs indefatigable
- leprechaun vs troll
- reserved vs unspeaking
- tooth vs branch
- information vs comprehension
- biased vs shallow
- reverential vs sainted
- mutineer vs partisan
- indecorous vs eccentric
- meticulousness vs perusal
- preposterousness vs idiocy
- proud vs overbearing
- useless vs petty
- furious vs excruciating
- promise vs attestation