barbaric
adjective/bɑːˈbærɪk/
/bɑːrˈbærɪk/
- cruel and violent and not as expected from people who are educated and respect each other
- a barbaric act/custom/ritual
- The way these animals are killed is barbaric.
- It was described as a particularly barbaric act.
- connected with barbarians
Word Originlate Middle English (as a noun in the sense ‘a barbarian’): from Old French barbarique, or via Latin from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros ‘foreign’ (especially with reference to speech).
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