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Another word for barbaric

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Adjective

  1. Not civilized

    See also:

    wild

    culture

  2. Lacking in delicacy or refinement

    See also:

    smooth

    courtesy

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Another word for barbaric

Modifier

  1. Primitive

    See also:

    primitive

    barbarian

  2. Cruel

    See also:

    barbarian

    cruel

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Sentence Examples

  • Various barbaric dynasties succeeded each other.

  • His rugged features were unshaven, giving him the same barbaric appearance as those around him.

  • A strange barbaric chant commonly known as the Lorica or Hymn of St Patrick is preserved in the Liber hymnorum.

  • The coinage of a succeeding king, Hermaeus, indicates a barbaric irruption.

  • The barbaric elements were judiciously screened from view as a "mystery"; they were, indeed, here and there explicitly disavowed even by the initiated.

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