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Definitions

savagery

[sav-ij-ree] / ˈsæv ɪdʒ ri /
NOUN
cruelty
Synonyms
STRONGEST
barbarism barbarity brutality depravity ferocity inhumanity malice persecution ruthlessness severity viciousness
STRONG
animality bestiality bloodthirstiness callousness coarseness coldness despotism fierceness heartlessness insensibility insensitiveness malignity masochism mercilessness murderousness rancor sadism savageness spite spitefulness torture truculence truculency unfeelingness unkindness venom wickedness
WEAK
brutishness fiendishness hard-heartedness
Antonyms
STRONGEST
kindness
STRONG
love

Example Sentences

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Few if any of even Kim Jong-un’s looniest tirades match these posts for their wild-eyed savagery.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Septimius Severus was capable by turns of savagery, cunning, wit and generosity.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 19, 2026

They’ve always moved between gloss and grime, shimmer and savagery.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

This enabled us to film pictures which sufficiently put across the savagery of the storm, without taking a major safety risk.

From BBC • Jan. 24, 2025

Running with an unusual gait in which one foreleg jabbed out as he swung it forward, Hard Tack channeled savagery into velocity, whipping top horses in stakes races—the highest level of racing—and breaking speed records.

From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.