barbaric

barbaric
[[t]bɑː(r)bæ̱rɪk[/t]]
ADJ-GRADED (disapproval)
If you describe someone's behaviour as barbaric, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.

This barbaric treatment of animals has no place in any decent society.

...a particularly barbaric act of violence.


English dictionary. 2008.

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  • Barbaric — Bar*bar ic (b[aum]r*b[a^]r [i^]k), a. [L. barbaricus foreign, barbaric, Gr. barbariko s.] 1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; often with reference to barbarous nations of east. Barbaric pearl and gold. Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. Of or… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • barbaric — barbaríc s.n. sg. (înv.) în loc adj. în barbaric (despre mustaţă) răsucită (în sus) Trimis de blaurb, 31.05.2006. Sursa: DAR …   Dicționar Român

  • barbaric — index disorderly, uncouth Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • barbaric — (adj.) late 15c., uncultured, uncivilized, unpolished, from Fr. barbarique (15c.), from L. barbaricus foreign, strange, outlandish, from Gk. barbarikos like a foreigner, from barbaros foreign, rude (see BARBARIAN (Cf. barbarian)). Meaning… …   Etymology dictionary

  • barbaric — *barbarian, savage, barbarous Analogous words: *showy, ostentatious: florid, *ornate, flamboyant: *gaudy, garish, flashy, meretricious Antonyms: restrained: refined: subdued …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • barbaric — [adj] crude, savage barbarian, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, fierce, graceless, inhuman, lowbrow, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, vulgar, wild; concept 401 …   New thesaurus

  • barbaric — ► ADJECTIVE 1) savagely cruel. 2) primitive; unsophisticated. DERIVATIVES barbarically adverb …   English terms dictionary

  • barbaric — [bär ber′ik] adj. [ME barbarik < L barbaricus < Gr barbarikos: see BARBAROUS] 1. of, like, or characteristic of barbarians; uncivilized; primitive 2. wild, crude, and unrestrained SYN. BARBARIAN barbarically adv …   English World dictionary

  • Barbaric — Slavko Barbarić (* 11. März 1946 in Dragićina bei Čitluk, Jugoslawien, heute Bosnien Herzegowina; † 24. November 2000 in Međugorje, Bosnien Herzegowina) war ein kroatischer Franziskaner und Autor. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Literatur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Barbarić — Slavko Barbarić (* 11. März 1946 in Dragićina bei Čitluk, Jugoslawien, heute Bosnien Herzegowina; † 24. November 2000 in Međugorje, Bosnien Herzegowina) war ein kroatischer Franziskaner und Autor. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1 Leben 2 Literatur …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • barbaric — barbarian, barbaric, barbarous 1. These words had their origins in people s ideas about foreign languages. The Greek word barbaros, ‘barbarian’, which is the ultimate source of all these words, meant someone who spoke words sounding like ba ba.… …   Modern English usage

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