savageness

Noun

Meaning

The state or quality of being savage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

savagery malice violence spite severity outrage cruelty brutality ferocity harshness barbarism coldness atrocity bestiality barbarity
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Antonyms

humanity consideration charity mercy compassion domestication
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Hypernyms

fury violence ferocity wildness vehemence fierceness

Examples

Let us dedicate ourselves to what the Greeks wrote so many years ago: to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Robert F. Kennedy

Conservatism defends those coercive arrangements which a still-lingering savageness makes requisite. Radicalism endeavours to realize a state more in harmony with the character of the ideal man. Herbert Spencer

Lets dedicate ourselves to what the ancient greeks wrote so many years ago, to tame the savageness of man and make gentle the life of this world. Let us dedicate ourselves to that. Robert F. Kennedy

All savageness is a sign of weakness. Seneca

the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters Source: Internet

a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

savagedom savagely savagely fierce savagerous savagery savagess