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Meanings of savageness in English

The property of being untamed and ferocious.

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Examples for "savagery"
Examples for "savagery"
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Nothing worse in Central America; nothing worse where civilized degeneracy disgraces savagery.
My Year of the War / Including an Account of Experiences with th...
2
The grave emotion in his face dignified its expression despite its savagery.
The Frontiersmen
3
The soldiers rush in and avenge his death with the utmost savagery.
The Toys of Peace, and Other Papers
4
The red glare of savagery flickered for an instant in his eyes.
The Knave of Diamonds
5
Never had he put the savagery in it that was there to-night.
Kazan
Usage of savageness in English
1
The whole affair sank to the deeper deeps of rancor and savageness.
Burning Daylight
2
They fought swiftly and with a despairing savageness denoted in their expressions.
The Red Badge of Courage: An Episode of the American Civil War
3
Jackson, I perceived, drank considerably, as if incited thereto by compressed savageness.
The International Monthly Magazine, Volume 5, No. 1, January, 18...
4
In their first coalitions of society, much of this original savageness is retained.
The Works of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. in Nine Volumes, Volume 05 / ...
5
But the old man battered at all this excellence with savageness.
The Landloper: The Romance of a Man on Foot
6
Where now they express chiefly savageness, they would have expressed fire and grace.
This Simian World
7
They had been, not tamed into submission, but baited into savageness and stubborness.
The History of England, from the Accession of James II — Volume ...
8
Th' women are as bad as th' men, in their savageness, this time.
North and South
9
The savageness with which he was turned on, enlightened him.
Maurice Guest
10
Mr. Woodward gave me a look that was savageness itself.
True to Himself; Or, Roger Strong's Struggle for Place
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The savageness in his voice disarmed her, and she blinked.
The notorious scoundrel
12
I knew what he was," he said with sudden savageness, "all along.
We Three
13
You'll come and sing the savageness out of this bear?
The Black Cat: A Play in Three Acts
14
The reason for his savageness was that he despised the men with whom he played.
Burning Daylight
15
Beneficent strength of civilization crushing the savageness of inhumanity.
Mornings in Florence
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This, for those who are acquainted with their savageness and brutality, is wonderful beyond exaggeration.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898 — Volume 12 of 55 / 1601-1604 ...
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