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primordial
Being or happening first in sequence of time; original.
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  1. Being or happening first in sequence of time; original.
  2. Not derivative; fundamental; original
  3. (Biol.) Earliest formed in the development of an organism, organ, structure, etc.; primitive
fundamental
Of or relating to the lowest possible frequency or the lowest frequency component of a vibrating element, system, periodic wave, or quantity:
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  1. Of or relating to the lowest possible frequency or the lowest frequency component of a vibrating element, system, periodic wave, or quantity:
  2. Of or forming a foundation or basis; basic; essential
  3. On which others are based; primary; original
aboriginal
Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
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  1. Living in a land before colonization by the Europeans. [First attested in the late 17th century.]
  2. Of or characteristic of aborigines
  3. Existing (in a place) from the beginning or from earliest days; first; indigenous
pristine
Remaining in a pure state, without human alteration:
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  1. Remaining in a pure state, without human alteration:
  2. Unspoiled; still with its original purity; uncorrupted or unsullied
  3. (Archaic) Characteristic of the earliest, or an earlier, period or condition; original
ancient
Having existed a long time; very old
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  1. Having existed a long time; very old
  2. (Archaic) Having the qualities associated with age, wisdom, or long use; venerable:
  3. Of, relating to, or belonging to times long past, especially before the fall of the Western Roman Empire ( ad 476):
archaic
Belonging to an earlier period; ancient
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  1. Belonging to an earlier period; ancient
  2. Relating to, being, or characteristic of words and language that were once in regular use but are now relatively rare and suggestive of an earlier style or period.
  3. Relating to or being an early form of Homo sapiens or a closely related species, such as Neanderthal, that is anatomically distinct from modern humans.
uncivilized
Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
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  1. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
  2. Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.
  3. Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
barbaric
Marked by crudeness or lack of sophistication:
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  1. Marked by crudeness or lack of sophistication:
  2. Of, like, or characteristic of barbarians; uncivilized; primitive
  3. Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians.
barbarian
Uncivilized; crude
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  1. Uncivilized; crude
  2. Cruel; barbarous
  3. Of or like a barbarian
crude
Not carefully or skillfully made; rough:
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  1. Not carefully or skillfully made; rough:
  2. (Statistics) In an unanalyzed form; not adjusted to allow for related circumstances or data.
  3. In a raw or natural condition, before being prepared for use; not refined or processed
simple
Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate:
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  1. Having few parts or features; not complicated or elaborate:
  2. Lowly in condition or rank:
  3. Without ostentation or affectation; natural
original
Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
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  1. Not derived from something else; fresh and unusual:
  2. Being the source from which a copy, reproduction, or translation is made.
  3. Preceding all others in time; first:
primary
(Linguis.) Having as its fundamental form a base or other element that cannot be broken down
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  1. (Linguis.) Having as its fundamental form a base or other element that cannot be broken down
  2. Of or relating to agriculture, forestry, the industries that extract natural materials from the earth, or the products so obtained:
  3. Not derived from anything else; basic or original:
earliest
Superlative form of early: most early
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  1. Superlative form of early: most early
rustic
Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people.
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  1. Of, relating to, or typical of country life or country people.
  2. Simple, plain, or artless
  3. Charmingly simple or unsophisticated in a manner considered typical of country living.
primeval
Of the earliest times or ages; primal; primordial
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  1. Of the earliest times or ages; primal; primordial
  2. Belonging to the first or earliest age or ages; original or ancient:
native
Simple; natural; free from affectation
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  1. Simple; natural; free from affectation
  2. As found in nature; natural and not refined, adorned, or altered by man
  3. Natural, unaltered, or unadorned:
natural
Related genetically:
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  1. Related genetically:
  2. Conforming to the usual or ordinary course of nature:
  3. Present in or produced by nature:
barbarous
Characterized by savagery; very cruel:
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  1. Characterized by savagery; very cruel:
  2. Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language.
  3. Cruel; brutal
inhuman
Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent:
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  1. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent:
  2. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
  3. Not of ordinary human nature, form, or character:
brutal
Extremely ruthless or cruel.
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  1. Extremely ruthless or cruel.
  2. Plain and direct, although distressing in effect
  3. Disagreeably precise or penetrating:
brutish
Rough; uncivilized:
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  1. Rough; uncivilized:
  2. Of or like a brute; savage, gross, stupid, sensual, irrational, etc.
  3. Crude in feeling or manner.
ferine
Untamed; feral.
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  1. Untamed; feral.
feral
Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
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  1. Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
  2. Having returned to a wild condition
  3. Savage; fierce
heartless
Devoid of compassion or feeling; pitiless.
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  1. Devoid of compassion or feeling; pitiless.
  2. (Archaic) Lacking spirit, courage, or enthusiasm
  3. Without a heart; specifically, without feeling, emotion, or concern for others; uncaring.
cold-blooded
Lacking feeling or emotion:
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  1. Lacking feeling or emotion:
  2. Having a body temperature that changes according to the temperature of the surroundings. Fish, amphibians, and reptiles are cold-blooded.
  3. Executed without feeling or emotion:
destructive
Causing or producing destruction; destroying
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  1. Causing or producing destruction; destroying
  2. Causing or wreaking destruction; ruinous:
  3. Tending or likely to cause destruction
bloody-minded
Tending to be perverse or obstructive
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  1. Tending to be perverse or obstructive
  2. Ready and willing to accept bloodshed or to resort to violence:
  3. Bloodthirsty; cruel
sanguinary
Accompanied by bloodshed.
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  1. Accompanied by bloodshed.
  2. Eager for bloodshed; bloodthirsty
  3. Accompanied by much bloodshed or carnage
murderous
Of, having the nature of, or characteristic of murder; brutal
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  1. Of, having the nature of, or characteristic of murder; brutal
  2. Capable or guilty of, or intending, murder
  3. (Informal) Capable of devastating or overwhelming:
atrocious
Very bad, unpleasant, offensive, inferior, etc.
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  1. Very bad, unpleasant, offensive, inferior, etc.
  2. Very cruel, evil, brutal, etc.
  3. Extremely evil or cruel; monstrous:
fierce
Violent; uncontrolled
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  1. Violent; uncontrolled
  2. Intense in activity or feeling; vigorous or ardent:
  3. Extremely powerful or destructive:
ferocious
Extremely aggressive or violent:
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  1. Extremely aggressive or violent:
  2. Extremely powerful or destructive:
  3. Fierce; savage; violently cruel
furious
Moving violently; violently overpowering
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  1. Moving violently; violently overpowering
  2. Full of fury or wild rage; violently angry
  3. Full of intensity; energetic or fierce:
frantic
Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied:
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  1. Highly excited with strong emotion or frustration; frenzied:
  2. Marked by frenzy; resulting from wild emotion
  3. Characterized by rapid and disordered or nervous activity:
violent
Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
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  1. Characterized by or displaying physical violence:
  2. Characterized by extreme emotion, especially anger:
  3. Very forceful:
raging
Remarkable; extraordinary:
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  1. Remarkable; extraordinary:
  2. Very active and unpredictable; volatile:
malicious
(Law) Done with malice.
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  1. (Law) Done with malice.
  2. Having, showing, or caused by malice; spiteful; intentionally mischievous or harmful
  3. Having the nature of or resulting from malice; deliberately harmful; spiteful:
malignant
Having or showing ill will; malicious:
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  1. Having or showing ill will; malicious:
  2. Tending to have a destructive clinical course, as a malignant illness.
  3. Causing or likely to cause death
malevolent
Having a harmful influence:
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  1. Having a harmful influence:
  2. Wishing evil or harm to others; having or showing ill will; malicious
ravening
Greedily searching for prey
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  1. Greedily searching for prey
  2. Voracious and greedy.
infuriate
Furious.
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  1. Furious.
  2. (Archaic) Furious; very angry; enraged
ravenous
Greedily or wildly hungry; voracious or famished
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  1. Greedily or wildly hungry; voracious or famished
  2. Eager for gratification or extremely desirous:
  3. Extremely hungry or characterized by extreme hunger; voracious:
rapacious
Living by killing prey, especially in large numbers:
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  1. Living by killing prey, especially in large numbers:
  2. Having or showing a strong or excessive desire to acquire money or possess things; greedy:
  3. Taking things by force; plundering:
merciless
Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless
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  1. Showing no mercy; cruel and pitiless
  2. Having no mercy; cruel.
  3. Without mercy; having, feeling, or showing no mercy; pitiless, cruel, implacable, etc.
remorseless
Unyielding or relentless
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  1. Unyielding or relentless
  2. Having no pity or compassion; merciless.
  3. Without remorse; pitiless; merciless; ruthless; cruel
ruthless
Having or showing no pity; merciless; relentless
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  1. Having or showing no pity; merciless; relentless
  2. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
  3. Having no compassion or pity; merciless:
relentless
Persistent; unremitting
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  1. Persistent; unremitting
  2. Steady and persistent; unremitting:
  3. Unyielding in severity or strictness; unrelenting:
hellish
Highly unpleasant:
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  1. Highly unpleasant:
  2. Of, from, or like hell
  3. Of, resembling, or worthy of hell; fiendish.
devilish
Of, resembling, or characteristic of a devil, as:
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  1. Of, resembling, or characteristic of a devil, as:
  2. Mischievous, teasing, or annoying.
  3. Mischievous; energetic; reckless
demoniac
Like or characteristic of a demon; fiendish; frenzied
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  1. Like or characteristic of a demon; fiendish; frenzied
  2. Possessed or influenced by a demon
  3. Possessed, produced, or influenced by a demon:
diabolical
Of, concerning, or characteristic of the devil; satanic.
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  1. Of, concerning, or characteristic of the devil; satanic.
  2. Appropriate to a devil, especially in degree of wickedness or cruelty.
infernal
Of or relating to hell:
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  1. Of or relating to hell:
  2. (Informal) Hateful; outrageous
  3. Of the ancient mythological world of the dead
untamed
Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
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  1. Wild, uncontrolled, especially of animals not domesticated or trained to human contact.
uncivilized
Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.
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  1. Used to describe behaviours deemed savage or inappropriate.
  2. Not civilized; barbarous; unenlightened
  3. Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
uncultured
Not cultured or cultivated:
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  1. Not cultured or cultivated:
  2. Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement.
uncultivated
Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
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  1. Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
  2. Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
  3. Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge; unrefined; uncultured; uncivilized.
untaught
Not instructed; ignorant.
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  1. Not instructed; ignorant.
  2. Not acquired by instruction; natural.
  3. Acquired without being taught; natural
primitive
(Linguistics) Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms:
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  1. (Linguistics) Serving as the basis for derived or inflected forms:
  2. Not resulting from conscious thought or deliberation; unconscious or instinctual:
  3. Being a protolanguage:
rude
Lacking refinement, culture, or elegance; uncouth, boorish, coarse, vulgar, etc.
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  1. Lacking refinement, culture, or elegance; uncouth, boorish, coarse, vulgar, etc.
  2. Barbarous or ignorant
  3. Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive:
heathenish
Sort-of or somewhat like a heathen.
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  1. Sort-of or somewhat like a heathen.
pagan
Pertaining to the city or kingdom of Pagan.
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  1. Pertaining to the city or kingdom of Pagan.
  2. Not religious; heathen
  3. Of pagans or paganism; not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish
unrestrained
Immoderate; not restrained or held in check
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  1. Immoderate; not restrained or held in check
  2. Uninhibited or unreserved:
  3. Not controlled or held in check; immoderate:
turbulent
Full of commotion or wild disorder
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  1. Full of commotion or wild disorder
  2. Marked by or causing turmoil; unruly or boisterous
  3. Characterized by disorder, commotion, or unrest:
aborigine
A member of the aboriginal people of Australia
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  1. A member of the aboriginal people of Australia
  2. The native animals or plants of a certain region
  3. Any of the first or earliest known inhabitants of a certain region; native
cannibal
A person who eats human flesh
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  1. A person who eats human flesh
  2. An animal that eats its own kind
  3. An organism which eats others of its own species, especially a human who eats human flesh.
troglodyte
An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm. Not in scientific use.
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  1. An animal that lives underground, as an ant or a worm. Not in scientific use.
  2. A person considered to be reclusive, reactionary, out of date, or brutish.
  3. Any of the prehistoric people who lived in caves; cave man
barbarian
A member of any of various peoples living outside the Roman Empire or not fully integrated into Greco-Roman civilization.
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  1. A member of any of various peoples living outside the Roman Empire or not fully integrated into Greco-Roman civilization.
  2. A member of one of the non-Greek peoples in the ancient world, regarded by the ancient Greeks as culturally inferior.
  3. (Obs.) An alien or foreigner
tribesman
A male member of a tribe.
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  1. A male member of a tribe.
  2. A man who is a member of one's own tribe.
  3. A member of a tribal people.
bully
(Archaic) A fine fellow
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  1. (Archaic) A fine fellow
  2. A person who hurts, frightens, or tyrannizes over those who are smaller or weaker
  3. A person who is habitually cruel or overbearing, especially to smaller or weaker people.
ruffian
A thug or gangster.
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  1. A thug or gangster.
  2. A brutal, violent, lawless person; tough or hoodlum
yahoo!
(Literature) One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, that inhabit the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
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  1. (Literature) One of a race of brutes, who look and act similar to men, that inhabit the same land as the civilized Houyhnhnms.
  2. An unrefined and often loud or disruptive person.
  3. In Swift's Gulliver's Travels, any of a race of brutish, degraded creatures subject to the Houyhnhnms and having the form and all the vices of man
animal
Any such organism other than a human being, esp. a mammal or, often, any four-footed creature
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  1. Any such organism other than a human being, esp. a mammal or, often, any four-footed creature
  2. Any of the multicellular organisms belonging to the kingdom Animalia. All animals are eukaryotes, with each of their cells having a nucleus containing DNA. Most animals develop from a blastula and have a digestive tract, nervous system, the ability to move voluntarily, and specialized sensory organs for recognizing and responding to stimuli in the environment. Animals are heterotrophs, feeding on plants, other animals, or organic matter. The first animals probably evolved from protists and appeared during the Precambrian Era.
  3. An animal organism other than a human, especially a mammal.
feral
Having returned to a wild condition
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  1. Having returned to a wild condition
  2. Of or suggestive of a wild animal; savage:
  3. Untamed; wild
wild
Risky; imprudent:
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  1. Risky; imprudent:
  2. Furiously disturbed or turbulent; stormy:
  3. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious:
barbarian
Uncivilized; crude
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  1. Uncivilized; crude
  2. Of or like a barbarian
  3. Cruel; barbarous
barbaric
Of, like, or characteristic of barbarians; uncivilized; primitive
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  1. Of, like, or characteristic of barbarians; uncivilized; primitive
  2. Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians.
  3. Wild, crude, and unrestrained
barbarous
Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language.
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  1. Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language.
  2. Primitive or undeveloped in culture and customs; uncivilized.
  3. Characteristic of barbarians; primitive or lacking in civilization
primitive
Regarded as having changed little in evolutionary history. Not in scientific use:
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  1. Regarded as having changed little in evolutionary history. Not in scientific use:
  2. Not resulting from conscious thought or deliberation; unconscious or instinctual:
  3. Being a protolanguage:
rude
Lacking refinement, culture, or elegance; uncouth, boorish, coarse, vulgar, etc.
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  1. Lacking refinement, culture, or elegance; uncouth, boorish, coarse, vulgar, etc.
  2. Barbarous or ignorant
  3. Undeveloped or uncivilized; primitive:
uncivilized
Not civilized; barbarous; unenlightened
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  1. Not civilized; barbarous; unenlightened
  2. Used to describe people who display a marked lack of manners as defined by a given culture.
  3. Crude, barbarous, wild, uncultured.
uncultivated
Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge; unrefined; uncultured; uncivilized.
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  1. Inadequately educated; lacking art or knowledge; unrefined; uncultured; uncivilized.
  2. Not cultivated by standard agricultural methods:
  3. Not cultivated by agricultural methods; not prepared for cultivation.
uncultured
Not cultured or cultivated:
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  1. Not cultured or cultivated:
  2. Not cultured or civilized; lacking in delicacy or refinement.
wild
Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded:
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  1. Based on little or no evidence or probability; unfounded:
  2. Occurring, growing, or living in a natural state; not domesticated, cultivated, or tamed:
  3. Characterized by a lack of moral restraint; dissolute or licentious:
uncivil
(Archaic) Uncivilized.
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  1. (Archaic) Uncivilized.
  2. Discourteous; rude:
  3. Not civilized; savage; barbarous; uncivilized.
barbarous
Characteristic of barbarians; primitive or lacking in civilization
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  1. Characteristic of barbarians; primitive or lacking in civilization
  2. Characterized by savagery; very cruel:
  3. Cruel; brutal
bestial
Like a beast in qualities or behavior; brutish or savage; brutal, coarse, vile, etc.
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  1. Like a beast in qualities or behavior; brutish or savage; brutal, coarse, vile, etc.
  2. Of beasts or lower animals
  3. Marked by brutality or depravity; brutal or depraved:
cruel
Causing, or of a kind to cause, pain, distress, etc.
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  1. Causing, or of a kind to cause, pain, distress, etc.
  2. Deliberately seeking to inflict pain and suffering; enjoying others' suffering; without mercy or pity
  3. Disposed to inflict pain or suffering:
fell
Fierce; terrible; cruel
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  1. Fierce; terrible; cruel
  2. Dire; sinister:
  3. Capable of destroying; lethal:
feral
Having returned to a wild condition
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  1. Having returned to a wild condition
  2. Having returned to an untamed state from domestication:
  3. Savage; fierce
ferocious
Extremely powerful or destructive:
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  1. Extremely powerful or destructive:
  2. Extremely aggressive or violent:
  3. Fierce; savage; violently cruel
fierce
Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
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  1. Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
  2. Intense in activity or feeling; vigorous or ardent:
  3. Extremely powerful or destructive:
inhuman
Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent:
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  1. Lacking kindness, pity, or compassion; cruel or indifferent:
  2. Not of ordinary human nature, form, or character:
  3. Of or pertaining to inhumanity and the indifferently cruel, sadistic or barbaric behavior it brings.
truculent
Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
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  1. Disposed to violence; ferocious or cruel.
  2. Disposed or eager to fight or engage in hostile opposition; belligerent.
  3. Fierce; cruel; savage; ferocious
vicious
Disposed to violent or destructive behavior:
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  1. Disposed to violent or destructive behavior:
  2. Severe, powerful, or intense; fierce:
  3. Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
wolfish
Akin to the characteristics or habits of a wolf; lupine.
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  1. Akin to the characteristics or habits of a wolf; lupine.
  2. Fierce or rapacious.
  3. Fierce; savage; menacing.
cruel
Causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or distress:
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  1. Causing or characterized by severe pain, suffering, or distress:
  2. Deliberately seeking to inflict pain and suffering; enjoying others' suffering; without mercy or pity
  3. Disposed to inflict pain or suffering:
ferocious
Extremely aggressive or violent:
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  1. Extremely aggressive or violent:
  2. Extremely powerful or destructive:
  3. Fierce; savage; violently cruel
fierce
Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
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  1. Hostile and violent, especially by nature or temperament; ferocious:
  2. Intense in activity or feeling; vigorous or ardent:
  3. Extremely powerful or destructive:
vicious
Disposed to violent or destructive behavior:
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  1. Disposed to violent or destructive behavior:
  2. Extremely violent or injurious; cruel:
  3. Severe, powerful, or intense; fierce:
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  • In war, they were savage and cruel; for war always makes men so.

  • You know I always was a savage, and now am even more so.

  • The banshee is perhaps connected with ancestral or house spirits; the Wild Huntsman, the Gabriel hounds, the Seven Whistlers, &c., are traceable to some actual phenomenon; but the great mass of British goblindom cannot now be traced back to savage or barbarous analogues.

  • One day word came that a savage wolf had been seen in the forest.

  • "A'Ran looked pretty savage," she said with a shiver.

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