barbaric

/bɑrˈbɛrɪk/

/bɑˈbærɪk/

Other forms: barbarically

Things that are barbaric, are uncivilized and brutal. People have different opinions about hunting — for some, it's a way of life, and for others it's barbaric.

You can use the adjective barbaric to describe anything that's needlessly cruel, whether it's the inhumane treatment of people by a barbaric government, or the barbaric way your neighbor treats his dog. Another, milder, definition of barbaric is unsophisticated or uncivilized, like the barbaric behavior of someone who belches loudly in a fancy restaurant. This meaning is echoed in the Greek root barbaros, which means "foreign or rude."

Definitions of barbaric

1. adjective

   without civilizing influences
   “barbaric practices”

   synonyms: barbarian, savage, uncivilised, uncivilized, wild

   noncivilised, noncivilized

   not having a high state of culture and social development
2. adjective

   unrestrained and crudely rich
   “barbaric use of color or ornament”

   synonyms:

   tasteless

   lacking aesthetic or social taste