savageness

Definitions of savageness
  1. noun
    the property of being untamed and ferocious
    “the coastline is littered with testaments to the savageness of the waters”
    synonyms: savagery
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    type of:
    ferocity, fierceness, furiousness, fury, vehemence, violence, wildness
    the property of being wild or turbulent
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