barbaric

 
Pronunciation: /bɑːˈbarɪk/

adjective

  • 1savagely cruel: he carried out barbaric acts in the name of war
  • 2primitive; unsophisticated: the barbaric splendour he found in civilizations since destroyed
  • uncivilized and uncultured: drinking undiluted wine was considered barbaric

Derivatives

barbarically

adverb

Origin:

late Middle English (as a noun in the sense 'a barbarian'): from Old French barbarique, or via Latin from Greek barbarikos, from barbaros 'foreign' (especially with reference to speech)