adjective

barbaric

barbaric, savage, cruel

The ancient rituals were quite barbaric.

The ancient rituals were quite barbaric.

He described the punishment as barbaric and inhumane.

He described the punishment as barbaric and inhumane.

((adjective)) ((noun)) describing a noun The punishment was barbaric.

Synonyms: savage, cruel, brutal; Antonyms: civilised, refined, humane

From Greek 'barbaros' (foreign, strange), referring to people who spoke a language the Greeks couldn't understand.

Picture a 'barbarian' with a big club acting in a 'barbaric' way.

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