Barbaric Definition

bär-bărĭk
adjective
Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians.
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Of, like, or characteristic of barbarians; uncivilized; primitive.
Webster's New World
Marked by crudeness or lack of sophistication.
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Wild, crude, and unrestrained.
Webster's New World
Brutal or cruel.
A barbaric tyrant.
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Origin of Barbaric

  • Latin barbaricus from Greek barbarikos from barbaros foreign

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikos, “foreign, strange”)

    From Wiktionary

Barbaric Sentence Examples

  • His rugged features were unshaven, giving him the same barbaric appearance as those around him.

  • The barbaric elements were judiciously screened from view as a "mystery"; they were, indeed, here and there explicitly disavowed even by the initiated.

  • A strange barbaric chant commonly known as the Lorica or Hymn of St Patrick is preserved in the Liber hymnorum.

  • A barbaric ' sport ' only practiced by the upper class twits.

  • The people were as bedraggled as any of the barbaric clans around Tiyan.

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