BARBARIC


Meaning of BARBARIC in English

adjective

1.

marked by a lack of restraint, cultivated taste, and refinement

the barbaric use of color and ornament

Synonyms: barbarian, barbarous, graceless, outlandish, tasteless, vulgar, wild

Related Word: coarse, crude, rough, rude, uncouth; flamboyant, florid, ornate, ostentatious, showy; blatant, flashy, garish, gaudy, loud, tawdry; cacophonous, harsh, raucous; aggressive

Contrasted words: quiet, restrained, soft, subdued; concinnous, cultivated, elegant, polished, refined; smooth, sophisticated, urbane

2.

Synonyms: barbarian 1, barbarous, Gothic, Hunnish, rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild

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