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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.
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. Synonyms: brutal, fierce, cruel, savage More Synonyms of barbaric.
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.
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.
Barbaric definition: without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive. See examples of BARBARIC used in a sentence.
adjective. /bɑːˈbærɪk/ /bɑːrˈbærɪk/ cruel and violent and not as expected from people who are educated and respect each other. a barbaric act/custom/ritual. The way these animals are killed is barbaric. It was described as a particularly barbaric act. Definitions on the go.
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)
barbaric meaning, definition, what is barbaric: very cruel and violent: Learn more.
