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| Main Entry: | barbaric |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, fierce, graceless, inhuman, primitive, rough, rude, tasteless, uncivilized, uncouth, vulgar, wild, lowbrow |
| Notes: | barbaric pertains to crudeness and uncivility (based on Greek barbaros 'foreign'); barbarous pertains to cruelty, harshness, and immorality |
| Main Entry: | barbarian |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, boorish, brutal, coarse, cruel, inhuman, merciless, primitive, rough, rude, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultivated, uncultured, unsophisticated, untamed, vicious, vulgar, wild, lowbrow, philistine |
| Antonyms: | civilized, cultured, educated, humane, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | barbarous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
| Synonyms: | atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, brutal, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, brutish, inhumane, wolfish |
| Antonyms: | civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | bloodthirsty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | murderous |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, cruel, homicidal, inhuman, ruthless, savage, sanguinary, slaughterous |
| Main Entry: | boorish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, awkward |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, cantankerous, churlish, clumsy, coarse, countrified, gross*, gruff, ill-mannered, impolite, loud, loutish, oafish, ornery, provincial, rough, rude, rustic, tasteless, ugly, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, ungracious, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, bad-mannered, bearish, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, ill-bred, inurbane, lowbred, out-of-line, out-of-order, swinish, unpoised |
| Antonyms: | charming, cultured, exciting, polite, refined, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | graceless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, unsophisticated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, coarse, corrupt, crude*, forced, gauche, gawky*, ill-mannered, improper, indecorous, inelegant, inept, loutish, oafish, outlandish, rough, rude, shameless, tasteless, uncouth, uncultured, unfortunate, ungainly, unhappy, clunky, infelicitous, klutzy, two left feet, unmannered |
| Antonyms: | beautiful, charming, dexterous, elegant, graceful, sophisticated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inhuman/inhumane |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animal, savage |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, cannibalistic, cold-blooded, cruel, devilish, diabolical, fell, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, grim, hateful, heartless, implacable, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, truculent, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unsympathetic, vicious, uncompassionate |
| Antonyms: | animate, human/humane, sensate |
| Main Entry: | loutish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | boorish |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, bungling, cantankerous, churlish, clumsy, coarse, dense, gross*, gruff, ill-mannered, impolite, loud, oafish, ornery, rough, rude, rustic, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, uneducated, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, bad-mannered, bearish, cloddish, clodhopping, clownish, doltish, ill-bred, swinish |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outlandish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | bizarre, strange |
| Synonyms: | alien, awkward, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, clumsy, curious, droll, eccentric, erratic, exotic, extravagant, fantastic, far-out*, foreign, freakish, gauche, graceless, grotesque, kinky*, odd, outrageous, peculiar, preposterous, quaint, queer, ridiculous, rude, singular, tasteless, ultra, unconventional, uncouth, unheard-of*, unorthodox, unusual, weird, whimsical, wild, outré |
| Antonyms: | common, familiar, normal, ordinary, usual |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | uncivil |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | rude |
| Synonyms: | abrupt, barbaric, blunt, boorish, coarse, curt, discourteous, gross, gruff, ill-mannered, impolite, inconsiderate, insulting, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unfriendly, ungentlemanly, unmannerly, unpolished, unrefined, vulgar, bad-mannered, mannerless |
| Main Entry: | uncivilized |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild, uncultured |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, boorish, churlish, coarse, crass, crude, discourteous, disrespectful, gross, impertinent, impolite, loutish, outrageous, primitive, rude, rugged, savage, unconscionable, uncontrolled, uncouth, uncultivated, uneducated, ungodly, unholy, unpolished, unrefined, unsophisticated, vulgar, wicked, brutish, ill-bred, mannerless, philistine, unmannered |
| Antonyms: | civilized, cultured, domesticated, polished, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | uncouth |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clumsy, uncultivated |
| Synonyms: | awkward, barbaric, boorish, cheap, coarse, crass, crude, discourteous, gawky, graceless, gross, heavy-handed, ill-mannered, impertinent, impolite, inelegant, loud, loutish, oafish, raunchy, raw, rough, rude, rustic, strange, tacky*, uncalled-for*, uncivil, uncivilized, ungainly, ungentlemanly, unpolished, unrefined, unseemly, vulgar, clownish, disgracious, ill-bred, loud-mouthed, ungenteel |
| Antonyms: | agile, polished, refined, sophisticated, couth, cultivated |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | untamed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wild |
| Synonyms: | barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, feral, ferocious, fierce, native, overgrown, overrun, rampant, savage, uncivilized, uncontrollable, uncultivated, uninhabited, unmanageable, vicious, undomesticated |
| Main Entry: | beastlike |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ferocious |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, bloodthirsty, brutal, feral, fierce, savage, untamed, violent |
| Antonyms: | docile, gentle, tame |
| Main Entry: | gothic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | medieval |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, eerie, grotesque, mysterious |
| Main Entry: | inhuman |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | animal |
| Synonyms: | barbaric, barbarous, bestial, brutal, cannibalistic, cold-blooded, cruel, devilish, diabolical, fell, ferocious, fiendish, fierce, grim, hateful, heartless, implacable, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, merciless, pitiless, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, savage, truculent, unfeeling, unkind, unrelenting, unsympathetic, vicious, inhumane, uncompassionate, wolfish |
| Antonyms: | human |
| Main Entry: | aggressive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | belligerent, hostile |
| Synonyms: | antipathetic, barbaric, bellicose, combative, contentious, destructive, disruptive, disturbing, intrusive, martial, militant, offensive, pugnacious, quarrelsome, rapacious, threatening, warlike, advancing, assailing, attacking, encroaching, hawkish, intruding, invading |
| Antonyms: | calm, laid-back, easy-going |
| Main Entry: | atrocious |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | outrageous; widely condemned |
| Synonyms: | awful, bad, barbaric, beastly, desperate, diabolical, fiendish, flagrant, gross*, hairy*, heinous, lousy, monstrous, nefarious, rotten, scandalous, shocking, villainous, wicked, godawful, grody |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foreign |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | from another country, experience |
| Synonyms: | alien, alienated, antipodal, barbarian, barbaric, borrowed, different, distant, exotic, expatriate, external, extraneous, extrinsic, far, far-fetched, faraway, immigrant, imported, inaccessible, offshore, outlandish, outside, overseas, remote, strange, unaccustomed, unexplored, unfamiliar, unknown, adopted, derived, estranged, exiled, extralocal, far-off, from abroad, nonnative, nonresident, not domestic, not native, transoceanic |
| Antonyms: | local, national, native |
| Main Entry: | outrageous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | very bad |
| Synonyms: | abominable, atrocious, barbaric, beastly, brazen, contemptible, corrupt, criminal, degenerate, disgraceful, egregious, flagitious, flagrant, gross, heinous, horrible, ignoble, infamous, inhuman, iniquitous, malevolent, monstrous, nefarious, notorious, odious, opprobrious, scandalous, scurrilous, shameless, shocking, sinful, unbearable, ungodly, unspeakable, villainous, violent, wanton, wicked, contumelious, debasing, debauching, depraving, disgracing, horrendous, shaming |
| Antonyms: | delightful, good, magnificent, pleasing, wonderful |
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