Barbaric

//bɑː(ɹ)ˈbæɹɪk//

Synonyms for "barbaric" (234 found)

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Adjective(1 words)
barbarian

Strong matches (70)

Adjective(2 words)
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Related words (117)

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Adjective(2 words)
rantipoleunmannerly

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Translations

79 translations across 50 languages.

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Albanian

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  • i barbar adj (uncivilised)
  • i paqytetëruar adj (uncivilised)

Ancient Greek

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  • βαρβαρικός adj (uncivilised)

Arabic

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  • مُتَوَحِّش adj (uncivilised)
  • هَمَجِيّ adj (uncivilised)

Armenian

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  • բարբարոսական adj (uncivilised)

Azerbaijani

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  • barbar adj (uncivilised)
  • vəhşi adj (uncivilised)

Belarusian

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  • ба́рбарскі adj (uncivilised)
  • барбары́нскі adj (uncivilised)
  • ва́рварскі adj (uncivilised)
  • дзі́кі adj (uncivilised)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ва́рварски adj (uncivilised)
  • див adj (uncivilised)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 殘暴 /残暴 adj (uncivilised)
  • 粗野 adj (uncivilised)
  • 野蠻 /野蛮 adj (uncivilised)

Czech

1 entries
  • barbarský adj (uncivilised)

Danish

1 entries
  • barbarisk adj (uncivilised)

Dutch

1 entries
  • barbaars adj (uncivilised)

Estonian

1 entries
  • barbaarne adj (uncivilised)

Finnish

2 entries
  • barbaarinen adj (uncivilised)
  • raakalaismainen adj (uncivilised)

French

1 entries
  • barbare adj (uncivilised)

Galician

1 entries
  • bárbaro adj (uncivilised)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ბარბაროსული adj (uncivilised)

German

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  • barbarisch adj (uncivilised)

Greek

2 entries
  • βάρβαρος adj (uncivilised)
  • βαρβαρικός adj (uncivilised)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • בַּרְבָּרִי adj (uncivilised)

Hindi

1 entries
  • बर्बर adj (uncivilised)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • barbár adj (uncivilised)

Irish

3 entries
  • ainchríostúil adj (uncivilised)
  • barbartha adj (uncivilised)
  • danartha adj (uncivilised)

Italian

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  • barbarico adj (uncivilised)
  • barbaro adj (uncivilised)

Japanese

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  • 野蛮な adj (uncivilised)

Kazakh

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  • варвар adj (uncivilised)
  • варварлық adj (uncivilised)

Korean

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  • 야만(野蠻)의 adj (uncivilised)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • варвар adj (uncivilised)

Latvian

1 entries
  • barbarisks adj (uncivilised)

Lithuanian

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  • barbariškas adj (uncivilised)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • варварски adj (uncivilised)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • കിരാത adj (uncivilised)
  • പ്രാകൃത adj (uncivilised)

Māori

1 entries
  • moho(w)ao adj (uncivilised)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • barbarisk adj (uncivilised)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • barbarisk adj (uncivilised)

Persian

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  • بربری adj (uncivilised)
  • وحشی adj (uncivilised)
  • وحشیانه adj (uncivilised)

Polish

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  • barbarzyński adj (uncivilised)

Portuguese

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  • bárbaro adj (uncivilised)

Romanian

1 entries
  • barbar adj (uncivilised)

Russian

2 entries
  • ва́рварский adj (uncivilised)
  • ди́кий adj (uncivilised)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • बर्बर adj (uncivilised)

Serbo-Croatian

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  • bàrbarskī adj (uncivilised)
  • vàrvarskī adj (uncivilised)
  • ба̀рбарскӣ adj (uncivilised)
  • ва̀рварскӣ adj (uncivilised)

Slovak

1 entries
  • barbarský adj (uncivilised)

Slovene

1 entries
  • barbarski adj (uncivilised)

Spanish

2 entries
  • barbárico adj (uncivilised)
  • bárbaro adj (uncivilised)

Swedish

1 entries
  • barbarisk adj (uncivilised)

Tajik

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  • барбарӣ adj (uncivilised)
  • ваҳшиёна adj (uncivilised)
  • ваҳшӣ adj (uncivilised)

Turkish

1 entries
  • barbar adj (uncivilised)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ва́рварський adj (uncivilised)
  • ди́кий adj (uncivilised)
  • дику́нський adj (uncivilised)

Uzbek

2 entries
  • vahshiy adj (uncivilised)
  • vahshiyona adj (uncivilised)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • dã man adj (uncivilised)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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Saint Patrick lived and preached this kind of love among a pagan, barbaric generation of Irishmen around the year 432 AD.

Source: tatoeba (1167327)

That's barbaric!

Source: tatoeba (2111461)

How barbaric!

Source: tatoeba (2111820)

Tom is barbaric.

Source: tatoeba (2202606)

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