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Synonyms for barbaric
bɑrˈbær ɪkbar·bar·ic
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
barbaric
Whatever is not civilized is barbarian; barbaric indicates rude magnificence, uncultured richness; as, barbaric splendor, a barbaric melody. Barbarous refers to the worst side of barbarian life, and to revolting acts, especially of cruelty, such as a civilized man would not be expected to do; as, a barbarous deed. We may, however, say barbarous nations, barbarous tribes, without implying anything more than want of civilization and culture. Savage is more distinctly bloodthirsty than barbarous. In this sense we speak of a savage beast and of barbarous usage.
Synonyms:
atrocious, barbarian, barbarous, brutal, cruel, inhuman, merciless, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncouth, untamedAntonyms:
civilized, courtly, cultured, delicate, elegant, graceful, humane, nice, polite, refined, tender, urbane
Princeton's WordNet
barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised, wildadjective
without civilizing influences
"barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
Synonyms:
raging, brutal, gaga, violent, dotty, untamed, unfounded, ferocious, fierce, cruel, tempestuous, fell, roughshod, ferine, godforsaken, uncivilised, hazardous, uncivilized, waste, baseless, risky, angry, idle, wild, savage, fantastic, groundless, feral, vicious, crazy, raving mad, barbarian, furious, unwarranted, barbarousbarbaricadjective
unrestrained and crudely rich
"barbaric use of color or ornament"
Synonyms:
savage, uncivilized, barbarian, uncivilised, wild
Dictionary of English Synonymes
barbaricadjective
Synonyms:
foreign, outlandish, exotic, not nativebarbaricadjective
Synonyms:
barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#1980 | waste | |
#2028 | wild | |
#3304 | crazy | |
#3791 | barbara | |
#4089 | fantastic | |
#4538 | fell | |
#5700 | hazardous | |
#5940 | violent | |
#6547 | angry | |
#9013 | idle | |
#9271 | brutal | |
#9792 | savage | |
#11289 | cruel | |
#12199 | rude | |
#15142 | fierce | |
#15665 | risky | |
#15992 | vicious | |
#16835 | furious | |
#18847 | raging | |
#26177 | barbarian | |
#27217 | brutality | |
#27959 | feral | |
#31262 | inhuman | |
#36686 | unfounded | |
#37717 | unwarranted | |
#39424 | ferocious | |
#43810 | barbaric | |
#48929 | merciless | |
#50274 | atrocious | |
#50450 | berber | |
#51788 | untamed | |
#60134 | baseless | |
#61305 | dotty | |
#61739 | gaga | |
#65166 | savagery | |
#66341 | barbarous | |
#66851 | barbarism | |
#84338 | groundless | |
#98549 | uncouth | |
#102327 | uncivilized | |
#106455 | tempestuous | |
#108868 | barbarity | |
#126547 | roughshod | |
#162789 | godforsaken | |
#236180 | uncivilised |
How to use barbaric in a sentence?
This is my No. 1 priority, i’ve got a lot of things on my plate, but my top priority is to defeat ISIL, and to eliminate the scourge of this barbaric terrorism.
French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius:
All light must be shed on this barbaric act, and its perpetrators (must be) identified and brought to justice.
Everybody had the opportunity to see a motion cinema picture of a man being tortured to death as his life was extinguished for all the world to see. It was -- it was violent. It was barbaric, the video is enough.
It was a slow and brutal death for so many, even beautiful babies were cruelly murdered in this very barbaric attack. No child of god should ever suffer such horror.
When people are using illegal abortion procedures, that's something that most people find barbaric and that's something that most people don't want funded by their taxpayer dollars.
Translations for barbaric
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- варварски, дивBulgarian
- barbarskýCzech
- barbariskDanish
- barbarischGerman
- bárbaro, barbáricoSpanish
- barbaarinen, raakalaismainenFinnish
- barbareFrench
- barbárHungarian
- 野蛮Japanese
- 野蠻, 의, 야만Korean
- barbariskeNorwegian
- barbarzyńskiPolish
- barbarRomanian
- варварский, дикийRussian
- barbariskSwedish
- ВарварськийUkrainian
- dã man, 野蠻Vietnamese
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