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bar·bar·ic
 barbaric
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- pronunciation:
- bar
ber
ihk
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective)
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or resembling barbarians; savage; primitive; brutal.
In those days, punishments for relatively small crimes could be severe and barbaric.Surgery performed without anaesthesia seems barbaric to us now.- synonyms:
- brutal, brutish
- similar words:
- barbarous, primitive, savage
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| definition 2: |
lacking manners or refined taste; crude.
Your friends have barbaric table manners.- antonyms:
- civilized
- similar words:
- barbarous, boorish, savage
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| related words: |
beastly, bestial, churlish, vicious, wild |
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