1. Fort.
2. Intense. Un vent violent.
3. Brutal. Un coup violent.
4. Coléreux. Un enfant violent.
ETYM French sauvage, Old Fren. salvage, from Latin silvaticus belonging to a wood, wild, from silva a wood. Related to Silvan, Sylvatic.
1. Of or pertaining to the forest; remote from human abodes and cultivation; in a state of nature; nature; wild.
2. Wild; untamed; uncultivated.
3. Uncivilized; untaught; unpolished; rude.
4. Characterized by cruelty; barbarous; fierce; ferocious; inhuman; brutal.
ETYM French, from Latin violentus, from vis strength, force; probably akin to Greek my- a muscle, strength.
1. Effected by force or injury rather than natural causes.
2. Acting with or marked by or resulting from great force or energy or emotional intensity.
3. (Of colors or sounds) Intensely vivid or loud; SYN. wild.