barbaric

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English 5++朗文当代英语 5++LDOCE 5++朗文 5++bar·bar·ic /bɑːˈbærɪk $ bɑːr-/ adjective VIOLENTvery cruel and violent 野蛮的，凶残的 SYN barbarous The way the whales are killed is nothing short of barbaric. 对鲸的捕杀方式简直就是野蛮。► see thesaurus at cruel

Examples from the Corpus

barbaric• Wine was carefully mixed with water, because drinking undiluted wine was considered barbaric.• We consider the death penalty to be barbaric.• Is the Buddhist practice any less barbaric?• Attack and reprisal-increasingly barbaric and brutal by turn-have marked the conflict since then.• This procedure, as barbaric as it is, is not done by governments.• Until recently, the great objective was to free the peasants from the barbaric constraints of Nature.• a barbaric custom• The river was despotic and barbaric, ruling over its subjects without mercy.• the barbaric treatment of civilians in the concentration camps• the barbaric treatment of women prisoners• Most of them were from the barbaric tribes nearer the frozen Hub, which had a sort of export trade in heroes.Origin barbaric (1300-1400) Old French barbarique, from Latin, from Greek, from barbaros; → BARBAROUS

bar·bar·ic adjectiveChineseSyllable

very and cruel violent Corpus

barbaric
bar‧bar‧ic /bɑːˈbærɪk $ bɑːr-/

adjective

Date: 1300-1400
Language: Old French
Origin: barbarique, from Latin, from Greek, from barbaros; ⇨ barbarous

very cruel and violent
SYN barbarous:

The way the whales are killed is nothing short of barbaric.

THESAURUS

   ▪ cruel deliberately hurting people or making them suffer: It was cruel to lock him in there all day. | Her father had been very cruel to her when she was a child. | a cruel, selfish woman
   ▪ heartless not feeling any pity and not caring about other people or their problems: How could you be so heartless! | He was cold and heartless and had no concern for the welfare of his employees.
   ▪ sadistic getting pleasure from making other people suffer: a sadistic killer | a sadistic thing to do
   ▪ barbaric extremely cruel, in a way that shocks people: a barbaric punishment | a barbaric sport
   ▪ vicious very violent and cruel, especially by suddenly attacking someone and causing injury to them: a vicious attack on an innocent man | Some dogs can be vicious.
   ▪ brutal very cruel and violent, in a way that shows no human feelings: a brutal dictator | the brutal methods used by the secret police
   ▪ inhumane inhumane conditions, treatment etc are not considered acceptable because they cause too much suffering: the inhumane treatment of prisoners
   ▪ cold-blooded a cold-blooded murder, attack etc is done without showing any feeling or pity for the person who is attacked. A cold-blooded killer kills people without showing any pity: a woman 's cold-blooded murder of her devoted husband | a cold-blooded psychopath

bar·bar·ic

BrE

/bɑːˈbærɪk/

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NAmE

/bɑːrˈbærɪk/

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adjective