barbaric
barbaric · more barbaric · most barbaric
дикий, варварський, дикунський
дикий, варварский
barbarisch
Of or relating to a barbarianOf or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/
Meaning
1 sensesOf or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth
a barbaric attack on a doctor in a hospital
barbarisch
ва́рварскийvárvarskij, ди́кийdíkij
ва́рварськийvárvarsʹkyj, ди́кийdýkyj, дику́нськийdykúnsʹkyj
More definitions
- unrestrained and crudely rich
- without civilizing influences
Examples
21 sentencesTranslations
9 languagesУкраїнська
By meaning 1
uncivilised:
Русский
By meaning 1
uncivilised:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
uncivilised:
Origin
Inherited from Middle English barbarik, from Old French barbarique (“barbarous”), from LatInherited 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.
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Forms
more barbaric, most barbaric| Comparative | more barbaric Lesson |
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| Superlative | most barbaric Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
26 synonymsgrimB2barbariousbarbarousheathenanimalisticbrutalbrutishGothicGothlikeheathenishheathenlyheathenousincivilsavage
Close in meaning
- without civilizing influences:savageuncivilizeduncivilisedwild
Antonyms
1 antonymsnonbarbaric
Word family
5 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form