savage
adjective
fierce, ferocious, or cruel; untamed.
half-savage
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a word derived from
savage.
Example Sentences
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Hero Francis Herries rake, skeptic, violent-tempered, takes his family from the comforts of Doncaster to a rude, half-savage life in his ancestral home at Rosthwaite in the Cumberland lake country.
From Time Magazine Archive
Helen stamped her foot with impotent rage, as she felt how justly she had been appraised by this half-savage prince; but she could find no words in reply.
From One Maid's Mischief by George Manville Fenn
The diabolical nature of the plan had sunk deeply into the half-savage heart of the man and found some small grains of genuine manhood there.
From The Men Who Wrought by Ridgwell Cullum
She was singing now a crooning, half-savage melody her mother had taught her.
From The Sins of the Father A Romance of the South by Thomas Dixon
"Save her then!" said Maulear, seizing the idea that this half-savage creature was perhaps aware of some secret means furnished by nature to work a true miracle in favor of the victim.
From The International Monthly, Vol. II, No. I December 1, 1850 by Various
