barbaric
adjective
, -ˈba-rik\
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, -ˈba-ri- \
adverb
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Synonyms
atrocious, barbarous, brutal, brute, butcherly, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, savage, truculent, vicious, wanton
Antonyms
benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted
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The Passengers takes place 10 years or so in the future, not long after fully self-driving vehicles have become ubiquitous and the British government moves to phase out the barbaric, deadly practice of human driving. — Alex Davies, WIRED, "A Novelist Takes Self-Driving to Its Illogical Conclusion," 27 Aug. 2019 In a brief White House speech, Trump condemned the weekend shootings in Texas and Ohio that left 31 people dead as barbaric crimes ‘‘against all humanity’’ and called for bipartisan cooperation to respond to an epidemic of gun violence. — Matthew Daly, BostonGlobe.com, "After shootings, Congress again weighs gun violence response," 5 Aug. 2019 These barbaric slaughters are an assault upon our communities, an attack upon our nation, and a crime against all of humanity. — BostonGlobe.com, "Transcript: President Trump’s remarks on the shootings in Texas and Ohio," 6 Aug. 2019 The show does not close its eyes to just how criminal and barbaric Germany’s wars were. — Adrian Daub, The New Republic, "Hulu’s Das Boot Gets Lost at Sea," 19 June 2019 The willingness of Trump and his administration to plunge ahead anyway with a barbaric tactic is primarily a reflection of their moral emptiness. — Jonathan Chait, Daily Intelligencer, "Lessons From the Trump Family-Separation Fiasco," 20 June 2018 Tour the grand, whitewashed European quarters and then descend to the dungeons, haunting reminders of one of history’s most barbaric chapters. — National Geographic, "Africa by Private Jet," 12 June 2019 From June 21-30, over 10,000 will lose their lives in a cruel and barbaric manner. — Austen Erblat, sun-sentinel.com, "South Florida animal rescue raising money to save dogs from Chinese dog meat festival," 11 June 2019 Nicolas Sarkozy illustrated the barbaric treatment of women in several interviews, claiming that women wearing nail polish were having their arms cut off by the Taliban. — Rony Brauman, Harper's magazine, "Salable Virtues," 10 Apr. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'barbaric.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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