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- Dictionarybarbaric/bɑːˈbarɪk/
adjective
- 1. savagely cruel: "he carried out barbaric acts in the name of war" Similar Opposite
- 2. primitive; unsophisticated: "the barbaric splendour he found in civilizations since destroyed" Similar Opposite
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extremely cruel and unpleasant: She found the idea of killing animals for pleasure barbaric. barbaric acts of violence. Synonyms. barbarous formal. brutal. callous. cruel. despotic. hard (SEVERE) harsh (UNKIND) inhuman. sadistic. savage. vicious. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not kind to someone or something and causing pain.
The meaning of BARBARIC is of, relating to, or characteristic of a group of people who are alien to another land, culture, or people and who are usually believed to be inferior : of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians. How to use barbaric in a sentence.
Barbaric definition: without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive. See examples of BARBARIC used in a sentence.
extremely cruel and unpleasant: She found the idea of killing animals for pleasure barbaric. barbaric acts of violence. Synonyms. barbarous formal. brutal. callous. cruel. despotic. hard (SEVERE) harsh (UNKIND) inhuman. sadistic. savage. vicious. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. not kind to someone or something and causing pain.
(bɑːʳbærɪk ) adjective. If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized. [disapproval] This barbaric treatment of animals has no place in any decent society. ...a particularly barbaric act of violence.
You can use the adjective barbaric to describe anything that's needlessly cruel, whether it's the inhumane treatment of people by a barbaric government, or the barbaric way your neighbor treats his dog.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians. 2. Marked by crudeness or lack of sophistication: "The public display of this distasteful object was barbaric" (P.D. James). 3. Brutal or cruel: a barbaric tyrant. [Latin barbaricus, from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros, foreign .] bar·bar′i·cal·ly adv.
violent and cruel: a barbaric act of violence. barbarically. adverb. (Definition of barbaric from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
adjective. Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians. American Heritage. Of, like, or characteristic of barbarians; uncivilized; primitive. Webster's New World. Marked by crudeness or lack of sophistication. American Heritage. Wild, crude, and unrestrained. Webster's New World. Brutal or cruel. A barbaric tyrant. American Heritage.
If you describe someone's behavior as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
