Barbarity synonyms

bär-băr'ĭ-tē

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savageness
The property of being savage or behaving savagely.
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cruelty
(Law) Willful infliction of physical pain or suffering upon a person or animal, or of mental distress upon a person
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brutality
The state or quality of being ruthless, cruel, harsh, or unrelenting.
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boorishness
The state or characteristic of being a boor or of being boorish; boorish behaviour.
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vulgarity
The quality or condition of being vulgar.
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crudeness
(Uncountable) The state of being crude
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rudeness (related)
The property of being rude.
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atrocity
Atrocious behavior or condition; brutality, cruelty, etc.
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barbarism
A barbaric act.
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barbarousness
The state or quality of being barbarous.
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ferocity
The condition of being ferocious.
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inhumanity
The quality or condition of being inhuman or inhumane
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ruthlessness
The property of being ruthless
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kindness (antonym)
An instance of kind behavior:
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bestiality
Sexual relations between a person and an animal
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truculence
The state of being truculent.
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attitude (related)
The definition of an attitude is a way of feeling or acting toward a person, thing or situation.
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kind (related)
A type, race or category; a group of entities that have common characteristics such that they may be grouped together.
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atrociousness
The state of being atrocious
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heinousness
The property of being heinous.
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depravity (related)
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viciousness (related)
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perfidy (related)
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treachery (related)
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baseness (related)
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hypocrisy (related)
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duplicity (related)
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Find another word for barbarity. In this page you can discover 29 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for barbarity, like: savageness, cruelty, brutality, boorishness, vulgarity, crudeness, rudeness, atrocity, barbarism, barbarousness and ferocity.
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Barbarity Sentence Examples

  • His cruelty and barbarity in punishing the rebels did not meet with the approval of Charles II., who is said to have remarked that "the old fool has put to death more people in that naked country than I did here for the murder of my father."

  • The war was carried on with great barbarity for about four years (1449-1453), and was in every respect a critical one.

  • They treated the people with horrible barbarity, so that the conscience of Europe was aroused, and England under Cromwell called on the Protestant powers to join in remonstrance to the duke of Savoy and the French king.

  • A criminal code, scarcely equalled for barbarity, though twice mitigated by royal edict since 1785, remained in force in its main provisions till 1895.

  • Under the command of the lord of Lumbres, the lord of Treslong, and William de la Marck (lord of Lumey) they spread terror and alarm along the coast, seized much plunder, and in revenge for Alva's cruelty committed acts of terrible barbarity upon the priests and monks and catholic officials, as well as upon the crews of the vessels that fell into their hands.

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