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[ bahr-bar-ik ] / bɑrˈbær ɪk / SEE SYNONYMS FOR barbaric ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivewithout civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders. of, like, or befitting barbarians: a barbaric empire; barbaric practices. crudely rich or splendid: barbaric decorations. Origin of barbaric1480–90; <Latin barbaricus<Greek barbarikós.See barbarous, -ic synonym study for barbaric1, 3. See barbarian. OTHER WORDS FROM barbaricbar·bar·i·cal·ly, adverbnon·bar·bar·ic, adjectivepre·bar·bar·ic, adjectiveWords nearby barbaricBarbados nut, Barbados pride, Barbara, barbarian, barbarianize, barbaric, barbarism, barbarity, barbarize, Barbarossa, Barbarossa I Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for barbaricAccording to Bale, Moses was “one of the most barbaric individuals that I ever read about in my life.” Christian Bale: One Man's Moses Is Another Man's Terrorist|Candida Moss, Joel Baden|December 7, 2014|DAILY BEAST It was a violent and barbaric sport and I wanted nothing to do with it. Jesus Said Knock You Out: In ‘Fight Church’ Christians Beat Thy Neighbor|Bryan Storkel|September 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rome wants and needs to be a capital of dialogue and peace, not a barbaric battleground. Italy Suddenly Gets Ugly for Jews|Barbie Latza Nadeau|July 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST The image of children being disposed of in such a barbaric and depraved manner outraged people across the world. Ireland’s ‘Mother and Baby Home’ Horror Goes Beyond Tuam’s Dead Infants|Patsy McGarry|June 6, 2014|DAILY BEAST
What possible explanation could there be for this barbaric act? Childhood Denied|Yousef Munayyer|October 2, 2013|DAILY BEAST This barbaric display of jewelry, it should be said, is not made solely for purposes of show. Where Half The World Is Waking Up|Clarence Poe And then came the rough, barbaric age, the boyhood of our race. Idle Thoughts of an Idle Fellow|Jerome K. Jerome At the same time a chorus of barbaric yells rang out, that chilled the boy's blood, even at that distance. Ralph Granger's Fortunes|William Perry Brown The designs are barbaric, and many are doubtless the same as those used hundreds of years ago. Oriental Rugs|Walter A. Hawley A lively runaway or the barbaric yawp of a new street fakir may dethrone it at any time. Atlantic Classics|Various
British Dictionary definitions for barbaric
adjectiveof or characteristic of barbarians primitive or unsophisticated; unrestrained brutal Derived forms of barbaricbarbarically, adverbWord Origin for barbaricC15: from Latin barbaricus foreign, outlandish; see barbarous Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to barbaricuncivilized, cruel, inhuman, barbarous, brutal, barbarian, boorish, coarse, fierce, graceless, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncouth, vulgar, wild, lowbrow |