noun
1. the property of being untamed and ferocious
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the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters
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a craving for barbaric splendor, for savagery and color and the throb of drums
• Syn: ↑savageness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑savage (for: ↑savageness)
• Hypernyms:
2. the trait of extreme cruelty
• Syn: ↑ferociousness, ↑brutality, ↑viciousness
• Derivationally related forms: ↑vicious (for: ↑viciousness), ↑brutal (for: ↑brutality), ↑ferocious (for: ↑ferociousness)
3. a brutal barbarous savage act
• Hypernyms: ↑atrocity, ↑inhumanity
Useful english dictionary. 2012.