English Explanatory Dictionary

barbaric

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. of or relating to a barbarian; uncivilized, uncultured or uncouth

Pronunciation

/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk/ /bɑː(ɹ)ˈbɛɹɪk/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-barbaric.wav

Word forms

barbaric more barbaric most barbaric

Etymology

Inherited 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.

Synonyms

barbarious barbarous heathen animalistic barbarian barbaric brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike grim heathenish heathenly heathenous incivil pagan savage tenebrose truculent uncivil uncivilized uncouth uncultivated uncultured uplandish wolfish

Antonyms

nonbarbaric

Derived words

barbarically mixo-barbaric non-barbaric semibarbaric
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