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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
barbaric
    adj 1: without civilizing influences; "barbarian invaders";
           "barbaric practices"; "a savage people"; "fighting is
           crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are
           efficient"-Margaret Meade; "wild tribes" [syn:
           barbarian, barbaric, savage, uncivilized,
           uncivilised, wild]
    2: unrestrained and crudely rich; "barbaric use of color or
       ornament"

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Barbaric \Bar*bar"ic\ (b[aum]r*b[a^]r"[i^]k), a. [L. barbaricus
   foreign, barbaric, Gr. barbariko`s.]
   1. Of, or from, barbarian nations; foreign; -- often with
      reference to barbarous nations of east. "Barbaric pearl
      and gold." --Milton.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Of or pertaining to, or resembling, an uncivilized person
      or people; barbarous; barbarian; destitute of refinement.
      "Wild, barbaric music." --Sir W. Scott.
      [1913 Webster]

Thesaurus Results for barbaric:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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