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
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Related Words for barbarically
viciously, fiercely, savagely, mercilessly, relentlessly, ferociously, ruthlessly, meanly, atrociously, barbarically, barbarously, callously, diabolically, heartlessly, inexorably, inhumanely, inhumanly, pitilessly, unkindlyExamples from the Web for barbarically
Historical Examples of barbarically
It was barbarically hung with banners, but it was not exactly a cheery place.
The Pirates of ErsatzMurray Leinster
The outer walls are barbarically huge and heavy, and superb in color.
The Near EastRobert Hichens
It was only Carlotta on her barbarically betrapped and besaddled mule.
The Morals of Marcus OrdeyneWilliam J. Locke
She was dreaming that Anna Zanidov stood before her in the barbarically painted evening gown.
SacrificeStephen French Whitman
For the nomad of the fire-wheel was a girl, tall and slender, barbarically arrayed in the holiday garb of a Seminole chief.
Diane of the Green VanLeona Dalrymple
barbaric
- of or characteristic of barbarians
- primitive or unsophisticated; unrestrained
- brutal
Word Origin for barbaric
Word Origin and History for barbarically
barbaric
late 15c., "uncultured, uncivilized, unpolished," from French barbarique (15c.), from Latin barbaricus "foreign, strange, outlandish," from Greek barbarikos "like a foreigner," from barbaros "foreign, rude" (see barbarian). Meaning "pertaining to barbarians" is from 1660s.