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savaging

savaging is the present participle and gerund of savage.

Noun

savaging (plural savagings)

  1. A vicious attack or criticism.
    • savagings in the newspapers
  2. Aggressive behavior, by a mother animal toward her offspring

Meaning of savage

Verb

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

  1. (transitive) To attack or assault someone or something ferociously or without restraint.
    • No matter how anyone might savage me, I should stay strong.
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To criticise vehemently.
    • His latest film was savaged by most reviewers.
  3. (transitive) To attack with the teeth.
  4. (obsolete, transitive) To make savage.
    • Its bloodhounds, savaged by a cross of wolf.1692–1717, Robert South, Twelve Sermons Preached upon Several Occasions, volume (please specify |volume=I to VI), London

See all 22 meanings of savage

Forms of savaging

pluralsavagings

Questions about savaging

What does savaging mean?
Savaging means a vicious attack or criticism.
What is savaging the present participle and gerund of?
Savaging is the present participle and gerund of savage.
What part of speech is savaging?
Savaging is a noun.
What is the plural of savaging?
The plural of savaging is savagings.

Words near savaging in the dictionary

  1. savagery
  2. savages
  3. savagess
  4. savagesses
  5. savagest
  6. savaging
  7. savagings
  8. savagism
  9. savagisms
  10. savagization
  11. savagize

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