different between vehement vs savage

English

Etymology

From Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehem?ns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from v?- (“prefix meaning ‘lacking, too little’”) + m?ns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vi?.?.m?nt/
• Hyphenation: ve?he?ment

Adjective

vehement (comparative more vehement, superlative most vehement)

1. Showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense.

Synonyms

• full-throated
• swith (obsolete or dialectal)

Related terms

• vehemence
• vehemently

Translations

Further reading

• vehement in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• vehement at OneLook Dictionary Search
• vehement in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehem?ns, vehementem.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v?.??ment/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?.??men/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ve.e?ment/

Adjective

vehement (masculine and feminine plural vehements)

1. vehement

Derived terms

• vehementment

Related terms

• vehemència

Further reading

• “vehement” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vehemens, vehementis.

Adjective

vehement (comparative vehementer, superlative am vehementesten)

1. vehement

Declension

Synonyms

• heftig

Further reading

• “vehement” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French véhément, from Latin vehemens.

Adjective

vehement m or n (feminine singular vehement?, masculine plural vehemen?i, feminine and neuter plural vehemente)

1. vehement

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English savage, from Old French sauvage, salvage (“wild, savage, untamed”), from Late Latin salvaticus, alteration of Latin silvaticus (“wild"; literally, "of the woods”), from silva (“forest", "grove”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sæv?d?/
• Rhymes: -æv?d?
• Hyphenation: sav?age

Adjective

savage (comparative more savage, superlative most savage)

1. Wild; not cultivated.
2. Barbaric; not civilized.
3. Fierce and ferocious.

4. Brutal, vicious, or merciless.

5. (Britain, slang) Unpleasant or unfair.

   - I'll see you in detention.
   - Ah, savage!

6. (Ireland, US, slang) Great, brilliant, amazing.

   Synonyms: wicked; see also Thesaurus:excellent

7. (heraldry) Nude; naked.

Related terms

• sylvan (see for more terms)

Translations

Noun

savage (plural savages)

1. (derogatory) A person living in a traditional, especially tribal, rather than civilized society, especially when viewed as uncivilized and uncultivated; a barbarian.
2. (figuratively) A defiant person.

Alternative forms

• salvage

Translations

Verb

savage (third-person singular simple present savages, present participle savaging, simple past and past participle savaged) (transitive)

1. To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.

2. (figuratively) To criticise vehemently.
3. (of an animal) To attack with the teeth.
4. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.

   • Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.

Translations

Anagrams

• agaves

Middle English

Alternative forms

• sauvage, saveage, salvage

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French savage, from Late Latin salv?ticus, from Latin silv?ticus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?va?d?(?)/, /sa?vau?d?(?)/

Adjective

savage

1. savage, barbaric, unmannered, primitive
2. wild, untamed, harsh
3. mighty, strong, powerful
4. ferocious, angry, attacking, opposed
5. (rare) demented, crazy, insane
6. (rare) ill-thought, ill-advised

Derived terms

• savagyne

Descendants

• English: savage
• Scots: savage

References

• “sav??e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-28.