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barbaric

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bar·bar·ic  (bär-brk)
adj.
1. Of, relating to, or characteristic of barbarians.
2. Marked by crudeness or lack of restraint in taste, style, or manner.

[Latin barbaricus, from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros, foreign.]

bar·bari·cal·ly adv.

barbaric [bɑːˈbærɪk]
adj
1. of or characteristic of barbarians
2. primitive or unsophisticated; unrestrained
3. brutal
[from Latin barbaricus foreign, outlandish; see barbarous]
barbarically  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.barbaricbarbaric - without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders"; "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes"
noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development
2.barbaric - unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or ornament"
tasteless - lacking aesthetic or social taste

barbaric
Translations
barbaric [bɑːˈbærɪk] ADJbárbaro

barbaric [bɑːrˈbærɪk] adj [behaviour, action, practice, treatment] → barbare; [person, regime] → barbare

barbaric
adjbarbarisch; guard etcgrausam, roh; (fig inf) conditionsgrauenhaft

barbaric [bɑːˈbærɪk] barbarous [ˈbɑːbərəs] adj (cruelty, behaviour) → barbaro/a; (splendour) → barbarico/a
barbaric [bɑːˈbærɪk] barbarous [ˈbɑːbərəs] adj (cruelty, behaviour) → barbaro/a; (splendour) → barbarico/a

barbaric همجي barbarský barbarisk barbarisch βαρβαρικός brutal barbaarinen barbare barbarski barbaro 野蛮な 미개한 barbaars barbarisk barbarzyński bárbaro варварский barbarisk ป่าเถื่อน barbar man rợ 野蛮


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The vivid colours of their draped raiment and the gold of their earrings invested with a barbaric and regal magnificence their figures, stepping out freely in a shower of broken sunshine.
" But others thought this frivolous, and they wore "art fabrics" and barbaric jewelry.
A certain barbaric Power with valuable possessions on the map of the world, had occasion for the services of one or two engineers, quick in invention and determined in execution: practical men, who could make the men and means their ingenuity perceived to be wanted out of the best materials they could find at hand; and who were as bold and fertile in the adaptation of such materials to their purpose, as in the conception of their purpose itself.
 
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