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Definition: Savageness |
SavagenessNoun1. The trait of extreme cruelty. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "savageness" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1601. (references) |
Synonyms: SavagenessSynonyms: brutality (n), ferociousness (n), savagery (n), viciousness (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Savageness |
| English words defined with "savageness": Ferity. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | But was this G__ a vulture? Yes, if one should judge him by the savageness of his solitude. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Savageness" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Savageness" is used about 3 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "savageness"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | woestheid (abandonment, amuck, fierceness), wildheid (fierceness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | villiys (savagery, wildness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Wildheiten, Wildheit (ferocity, fierceness, haggardness, jazziness, rabidness, rampancy, roughness, ruggedness, savageries, savagery, tigerishness, truculence, unruliness, wildness). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | άγριο. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | kegyetlenség (atrocity, barbarism, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, inhumanity, savagery), brutalitás (beastliness, brutality, inhumanity), barbarizmus (barbarism, savagery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | oaldaght (wildness), neuveenid (coarseness), keoiys (rage), keoieid (craziness, frenzy, furiousness, insanity, madness, mania, rage, viciousness, wildness, wildness of persons), feiaraght, clohan. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | avagenesssay sãlbãticie (atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, fierceness, primitiveness, ruggedness, savagery, truculence, wildness, wilds), ferocitate (atrocity, bloodthirstiness, cruelty, ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, grimness, savagery, truculence, wildness), bãrbãrie (savagery). (various references) варварство (barbarism, barbarity, heathenism, vandalism). (various references) salvajismo (savagery). (various references) ความป่าเถื่อน. (various references) yabanilik (brutishness, savagery), vahşilik (bestiality, brutality, brutishness, ferocity, heathenism, savagery, wildness), vahşet (atrocity, savagery), gaddarlık (atrocity, barbarity, brutality, cruelty, ferocity, fiendishness, grimness, inhumanity, perfidy, truculence), barbarlık (barbarism, barbarity, gothicism, heathenism, vandalism). (various references) варварство (barbarism, barbarity, heathenism), лютість (ferocity, fury, truculence), дикунство (barbarism). (various references) tính t n bạo (bloodiness, bloodthirstiness, inhumanity, savagery, truculence, truculency), tính độc ác (cruelty, devilishness, devilism, savagery), tình trạng man rợ (savagery), tình trạng không văn minh tính t n ác (savagery), tình trạng dã man (barbarism, savagery). (various references) mileindra (ferocity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | feritas, ferocitas, ferocitatem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "savageness": savagenesses. (additional references) | |
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"Savageness" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: savegeness, Sexagene. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "savageness" (pronounced 'Sav"age*ness'): Abjectedness, Abjectness, Ableness, Abominableness, Abortiveness, Abruptness, Absentness, Absoluteness, Absorptiveness, Abstemiousness, Abstersiveness, Abstractedness, Abstractiveness, Abstractness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Abusiveness, Acceptableness, Accessariness, Accessoriness, Accidentalness, Accommodableness, Accommodateness, Accurateness, Accustomedness, Acidness, Acquaintedness, Acquisitiveness, Acrimoniousness, Activeness, Actualness, Acuteness, Adaptedness, Adaptiveness, Adaptness, Addictedness, Addle-patedness, Adeptness, Adequateness, Adhesiveness, Admirableness, Adorableness, Adroitness, Adultness, Advantageousness, Adventurousness, Adverseness, Advisable-ness, Advisedness, Affableness, Affectedness, Affectionateness, Afflictedness, Affluentness, Affrontiveness, Agedness, Agileness, Agreeableness, Airiness, Alacriousness, Albiness, Alertness, Algidness, Alimentariness, Alimentiveness, Allness, Allowableness, Allusiveness, Almightiness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Alterableness, Alternateness, Alternativeness, Amativeness, Amazedness, Ambidextrousness, Ambiguousness, Ambitiousness, Amenableness, Amiableness, Amicableness, Amorousness, Ampleness, Analogicalness, Ancientness, Angelicalness, Angriness, Angularness, Anileness, Animalness, Animoseness, Anomalousness, Anonymousness, Answerableness, Anticness, Antiquatedness, Antiquateness, Antiqueness, Anxiousness, Apartness, Apertness, Apetalousness, Apishness, Apocryphalness, Apostolicalness, Apparentness, Appellativeness, Apportionateness, Appreciativeness, Apprehensiveness, Approachableness, Approbativeness, Appropriateness, Aptness, Aqueousness, Arbitrariness, Archness, Ardentness, Arduousness, Arguteness, Aridness, Arrogantness, Artfulness, Articulateness, Artificialness, ARTLESSNESS, Associableness, Assuredness, Attainableness, Audaciousness, Audibleness, Augustness, Austereness, Authenticalness, Authenticness, Availableness, Averseness, Awesomeness, Awfulness, Awlessness, Backhandedness, backwardness, Badness, Baldness, Balefulness, Barbarousness, Barefacedness, Bareness, Barrenness, Baseness, Bashfulness, Bawdiness, Beaminess, Beardlessness, Bearishness, Beastliness, Becomingness, Beeriness, Beggarliness, Beholdingness, Beneficialness, Betterness, Bewilderedness, Bewitchedness, Bigness, Biliousness, Bindingness, Bitterness, Blackness, Blamelessness, Blandness, Blankness, Bleareyedness, Blessedness, Blindness, Blitheness, Bloatedness, Blondness, Bloodiness, Bloomingness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Bodiliness, Boisterousness, Boldness, Boniness, Bonniness, Boskiness, Boyishness, Brackishness, Branchiness, Brassiness, Braveness, Brawniness, Brazenness, Breathableness, Breathlessness, Breeziness, Brickleness, Briefness, brightness, Brilliantness, Brininess, Brinishness, Briskness, Bristliness, Brittleness, Broadness, Brokenness, Brotelness, Brotherliness, Brownness, Brushiness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Bugginess, Bulkiness, Bumptiousness, Bunchiness, Burliness, Bushiness, Business, Butcherliness, Calcareousness, Calmness, Candidness, Canniness, Canonicalness, Canorousness, Capableness, Capaciousness, Capillariness, Capitalness, Captiousness, Carefulness, Carelessness, Carnal-mindedness, Casualness, Categoricalness, Catholicness, Causelessness, Causticness, Cautiousness, Cavalierness, Ceremonialness, Ceremoniousness, Certainness, Chalkiness, Championness, Changeableness, Chargeableness, Chariness, Charitableness, Chasteness, Chattiness, Cheapness, Cheatableness, Cheerfulness, Cheeriness, Cheerisness, Cheesiness, Childishness, Childlessness, Childness, Chilliness, Chillness, Choiceness, Chopness, Christianness, Chubbedness, Chuffiness, Churchliness, Churlishness, Circumspectness, Clamminess, Cleanliness, Cleanness, Clearedness, Clearness, Clear-sightedness, Clerkliness, Cleverness, Clogginess, Closeness, Cloudiness, Clownishness, Clumsiness, Coarseness, Cognateness, Coldness, Collateralness, Collectedness, Collectiveness, Combativeness, Combustibleness, Comeliness, Comfortableness, Commensurateness, Commodiousness, Commonness, Commonplaceness, Communicativeness, Commutableness, Compactedness, Compactness, Compassionateness, Compatibleness, Compendiousness, Completeness, Complexedness, Complexness, Complicateness, Comprehensibleness, Comprehensiveness, Compressibleness, Concaveness, Conceitedness, Concentrativeness, Conciseness, Conclusiveness, Concreteness, Concupiscibleness, Concurrentness, Condignness, Conducibleness, Conduciveness, Confidentness, Confirmedness, Conformableness, Confoundedness, Confusedness, Congealedness, Congenialness, Conicalness, Conjointness, Conjunctiveness, Connaturalness, Conscientiousness, Conscionableness, Consciousness, Consecutiveness, Consequentialness, Conservativeness, Considerableness, Consonantness, Constructiveness, Consumptiveness, Contagiousness, Contemplativeness, Contemporariness, Contemptibleness, Contemptuousness, Contingentness, Contractedness, Contractibleness, Contradictoriness, Contrariness, Contriteness, Controllableness, Conversableness, Convertibleness, Convexedness, Convexness, Convincingness, Coolness, Coordinateness, Copiousness, Cordialness, Corkiness, Corporealness, Correctness, Correlativeness, Corrigibleness, Corrosibleness, Corruptness, Costiveness, Costliness, Courageousness, Courteousness, Courtliness, Covertness, Covetiveness, Covetousness, Cowardliness, Coyness, Coziness, Cradgedness, Craftiness, Cragginess, Crankiness, Crankness, Crassness, Crazedness, Craziness, Creaminess, Creativeness, Credibleness. 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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-e-e-g-n-s-s-s-v" | |
-2 letters: avgasses, sageness. | |
-3 letters: avenges, avenses, avgases, genevas, savages, senegas. | |
-4 letters: agaves, agenes, avenge, ganevs, gasses, geneva, nesses, sangas, savage, senega, senses, sevens, veenas, vegans, venges. | |
-5 letters: agave, agene, angas, ansae, asses, avens, avgas, eases, eaves, esses, evens, ganev, gases, genes, naves, neves, sagas, sages, sanes, sanga, saves, sensa, sense, seven, snags, vanes, vangs, vases, veena, vegan, venae, venge. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-e-e-g-n-s-s-s-v" | |
+2 letters: savagenesses. | |
+3 letters: averagenesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 61 76 61 67 65 6E 65 73 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... .- ...- .- --. . -. . ... ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100001 01110110 01100001 01100111 01100101 01101110 01100101 01110011 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S a v a g e n e s s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0061 0076 0061 0067 0065 006E 0065 0073 0073 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)53678867737180718585 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Translations: Modern 7. Translations: Ancient 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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