barbaric
/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/
barbaric adjective: of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth.
Adjective
barbaric (comparative more barbaric, superlative most barbaric)
- of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
- a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital
- Synonyms:
- barbarious, barbarous, heathen, animalistic, barbarian, brutal, brutish, Gothic, Gothlike, grim
- Antonyms:
- nonbarbaric
barbaric meaning in Hindi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
barbaric in Hindi
- uncivilised
- बर्बर barbar
barbaric in Urdu
- بربریت پسند
barbaric in Bengali
- বর্বর, নিষ্ঠুর, আদিম, অসভ্য
barbaric in Telugu
- అనాగరిక
More languagesFewer languages
- barbaric in Malayalam
- പ്രാകൃത prākr̥ta, കിരാത kirāta
- barbaric in Sanskrit
- बर्बर barbara
- barbaric in Arabic
- هَمَجِيّ hamajiyy, مُتَوَحِّش mutawaḥḥiš
- barbaric in Persian
- وحشیانه vahšiyâne, وحشی vahši, بربری barbari
- barbaric in Vietnamese
- dã man
Examples of barbaric in a sentence
- In Kepahiang, Rejangese culture has had a barbaric tradition since a long time ago.
- The barbaric practice continues to the present day.
- That is what Adorno meant when he said “It is barbaric to write poetry after Auschwitz”.
Synonyms of barbaric
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Antonyms
Forms of barbaric
| comparative | more barbaric |
|---|---|
| superlative | most barbaric |
Origin of barbaric
Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from Latin barbaricus, from Ancient Greek βαρβαρικός (barbarikós, “barbaric, savage, fierce”), from βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “barbarian”) + -ικός (-ikós, adjective suffix). See βάρβαρος (bárbaros) for more.
Words formed from barbaric
Questions about barbaric
- What does barbaric mean?
- Barbaric means of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth.
- What is barbaric in Hindi?
- Barbaric in Hindi is बर्बर (barbar). See Barbaric meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is barbaric?
- Barbaric is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce barbaric?
- Barbaric is pronounced /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/.
Words near barbaric in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: barbaric (page history and authors); barbaric (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); barbaric (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); barbaric (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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