barbaric

  • 21barbaric — bar|bar|ic [ bar berık ] adjective extremely violent and cruel: a barbaric attack …

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  • 22barbaric — adjective barbaric crimes Syn: brutal, barbarous, brutish, bestial, savage, vicious, wicked, cruel, ruthless, merciless, villainous, murderous, heinous, monstrous, vile, inhuman, infernal, dark, fiendish …

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  • 23barbaric — UK [bɑː(r)ˈbærɪk] / US [bɑrˈberɪk] adjective extremely violent and cruel a barbaric attack …

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  • 24barbaric — bar•bar•ic [[t]bɑrˈbær ɪk[/t]] adj. 1) lacking civilizing influences; primitive 2) of or characteristic of barbarians 3) crudely rich or ornate: barbaric splendor[/ex] • Etymology: 1480–90; < L < Gk bar•bar′i•cal•ly, adv …

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  • 25barbaric — /baˈbærɪk/ (say bah barik) adjective 1. relating to or characteristic of barbarians; uncivilised, uncouth or cruel. 2. (of art and culture) crude and vigorous. {Middle English barbarik, from Latin barbaricus, from Greek barbarikos foreign,… …

  • 26barbaric — adj. 1 brutal; cruel (flogging is a barbaric punishment). 2 rough and uncultured; unrestrained. 3 of or like barbarians and their art or taste; primitive. Derivatives: barbarically adv. Etymology: ME f. OF barbarique or L barbaricus f. Gk… …

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  • 27barbaric, barbarous —    Barbaric, properly used, emphasizes crudity and a lack of civilizing influence. A sharpened stick might be considered a barbaric implement of war. Barbarous stresses cruelty and harshness and usually contains at least a hint of moral… …

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  • 28barbaric, barbarous —    Barbaric, properly used, emphasizes crudity and a lack of civilizing influence. A sharpened stick might be considered a barbaric implement of war. Barbarous stresses cruelty and harshness and usually contains at least a hint of moral… …

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  • 29Barbaric Machine Clan Gaiark — The nihongo|Barbaric Machine Clan Gaiark|蛮機族ガイアーク|Bankizoku Gaiāku are the fictional antagonists from Engine Sentai Go onger . They are machine men from the Machine World who are last of their kind and desire to pollute the Earth. Gaiark bases… …

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  • 30barbaric, barbarous — These words are closely related to each other and to such terms as barbarian, barbarism, and barbarity. Both barbaric and barbarous are adjectives meaning uncivilized, primitive, without civilizing influences. Barbaric is occasionally used in a… …

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