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savageness

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Synonyms and Antonyms of savageness

disposition to willfully inflict pain and suffering on others

a quote from an ancient Greek writer about taming the savageness of man

Synonyms of savageness

atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, barbarousness, brutality, cruelty, fiendishness, heartlessness, inhumanity, inhumanness, sadism, savagery, truculence, viciousness, wantonness

Words Related to savageness

hard-heartedness, mercilessness, pitilessness, ruthlessness, unfeelingness

ferociousness, ferocity, fierceness, grimness

bloodlust, bloodthirstiness, murderousness, sanguineness, sanguinity

cattiness, hatefulness, malevolence, maliciousness, malignity, meanness, nastiness, spitefulness

hardhandedness, harshness, heavy-handedness, oppressiveness

Near Antonyms of savageness

tenderness, warmheartedness, warmness, warmth

charitableness, clemency, leniency, mercifulness, mercy, pity

Antonyms of savageness

benignity, compassion, good-heartedness, humaneness, humanity, kindheartedness, kindness, sympathy, tenderheartedness

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