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How to pronounce “savage”
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Pronunciation guide for savage
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of savage with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 8 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,
I mean, you laid out some pretty savage criticisms
- Definition summary
- Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
Example 1 of 8
How to pronounce savage
Part 2: Scott Galloway’s Viral TED Talk on How the Old Are Stealing from the Young 35 minutes,
I mean, you laid out some pretty savage criticisms
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “savage”
Meaning
- [Adjective]
- Wild; not cultivated or tamed.
- Barbaric; not civilized.
- Primitive; lacking complexity or sophistication.
- Fierce and ferocious.
- Brutal, vicious, or merciless.
- (slang) Of an insult or person: disrespectful, audacious, and either blunt or sarcastic, in a hilarious way.
- (UK, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.
- (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.
- (US, slang) Severe, rude, aggressive.
- [Noun]
- (historical, now derogatory) A person not living in a civilization; a barbarian.
- (figuratively) An aggressively defiant person.
- (slang) Someone who speaks in an audacious, hilarious, and often sarcastic manner.
- (obsolete) A wild and ferocious beast.
- [Verb]
- 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.
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