barbaric
without civilizing influences; uncivilized; primitive: barbaric invaders.
of, like, or befitting barbarians: a barbaric empire; barbaric practices.
crudely rich or splendid: barbaric decorations.
Origin of barbaric
1synonym study For barbaric
Other words from barbaric
- bar·bar·i·cal·ly, adverb
- non·bar·bar·ic, adjective
- pre·bar·bar·ic, adjective
Words Nearby barbaric
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How to use barbaric in a sentence
Johnson on Thursday said British evacuation efforts would continue despite the “barbaric” attacks.
World leaders and Taliban condemn attack near Kabul airport | Claire Parker | August 26, 2021 | Washington PostIt still carries all those symbolic meanings, though its currency now works globally, cleaving the world into civilized cooling and barbaric heat.
AC Feels Great, But It’s Terrible for the Planet. Here’s How to Fix That | Eric Dean Wilson | June 30, 2021 | TimeSince then, he’s grown into a capable leader for the Krogan, and is looking to correct his race’s mistakes by adopting progressive policies and leaving the more barbaric, warlike qualities of the race in the past.
Every ‘Mass Effect’ squadmate, ranked from a storytelling perspective | Jhaan Elker | June 4, 2021 | Washington Post“It was body against body, just crushing, like a barbaric scene,” Fanone recalled in a Post interview last month.
Super Bowl highlights: Bucs celebrate championship, Tom Brady wins MVP | Des Bieler, Mark Maske, Chuck Culpepper | February 8, 2021 | Washington Post“It was body against body, just crushing, like a barbaric scene,” Fanone recalled.
How battered D.C. police made a stand against the Capitol mob | Peter Hermann | January 15, 2021 | Washington Post
This is especially barbaric when one considers the actual circumstances of these women.
According 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 | THE DAILY BEASTIt 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 | THE DAILY BEASTRome wants and needs to be a capital of dialogue and peace, not a barbaric battleground.
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 | THE DAILY BEASTSomething remote and ancient stirred in her, something that was not of herself To-day, something half primitive, half barbaric.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodIt was difficult to describe—a little sterner, a little wilder, a faint emphasis of the barbaric peering through it.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodThere was one device of oath-taking, half pagan and half barbaric, which but very slowly relaxed its hold on Christian Europe.
A Cursory History of Swearing | Julian SharmanBut there was in general nothing Oriental about him, no assumption of barbaric pompousness, no extravagance of bearing.
Overland | John William De ForestAllow me to remark, that seems a far more barbaric trait of manners than the most barbarous of ours.
The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) | Robert Louis Stevenson
British Dictionary definitions for barbaric
/ (bɑːˈbærɪk) /
of or characteristic of barbarians
primitive or unsophisticated; unrestrained
brutal
Origin of barbaric
1Derived forms of barbaric
- barbarically, adverb
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