barbaric
pronunciation
How to pronounce barbaric in British English:
UK [bɑ:ˈbærɪk]
How to pronounce barbaric in American English:
US [bɑrˈbærɪk]
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- Adjective:
- without civilizing influences
- unrestrained and crudely rich
Word Origin
- barbaric (adj.)
- late 15c., "uncultured, uncivilized, unpolished," from French barbarique (15c.), from Latin barbaricus "foreign, strange, outlandish," from Greek barbarikos "like a foreigner," from barbaros "foreign, rude" (see barbarian). Meaning "pertaining to barbarians" is from 1660s.
Example
- 1. But it is hardly untainted by barbaric western ideas about management .
- 2. Apparently everyone assumed it was just a " barbaric " copy center worker .
- 3. Canadian justice minister rob nicholson called honour killings a practice that is " barbaric " .
- 4. Even as westerners came to fear bloodthirsty and barbaric muslims , muslims deplored degenerate and imperialist christians .
- 5. A barbaric mobster buys his favorite restaurant where he , just like anything else in his life , treats everything and everyone around him like shit .