barbarity
11barbarity — bar|bar|i|ty [ba:ˈbærıti US ba:r ] n plural barbarities [U and C] a very cruel act ▪ the medieval barbarity of putting people in prison for debt …
12barbarity — noun the barbarity of slavery Syn: brutality, brutalism, cruelty, bestiality, barbarism, barbarousness, savagery, viciousness, wickedness, villainy, baseness, inhumanity; atrocity Ant: benevolence …
13barbarity — barbarism UK [ˈbɑː(r)bəˌrɪz(ə)m] / US [ˈbɑrbəˌrɪzəm] or barbarity UK [bɑː(r)ˈbærətɪ] / US [bɑrˈberətɪ] noun [uncountable] extremely violent and cruel behaviour …
14barbarity — barbarism ► NOUN 1) extreme cruelty. 2) an uncivilized or primitive state. 3) a word or expression which is badly formed according to traditional rules, e.g. the word television, which is formed from two different languages. DERIVATIVES barbarity …
15barbarity — noun (plural ties) Date: circa 1570 1. barbarism 2. a. barbarous cruelty ; inhumanity b. an act or instance of such cruelty …
16barbarity — /bahr bar i tee/, n., pl. barbarities. 1. brutal or inhuman conduct; cruelty. 2. an act or instance of cruelty or inhumanity. 3. crudity of style, taste, expression, etc. [1560 70; < L barbar(us) (see BARBAROUS) + ITY] * * * …
17barbarity — noun a) The state of being barbarous; brutality b) A barbaric act …
18barbarity — Synonyms and related words: Gothicism, Neanderthalism, acuteness, animality, atrociousness, atrocity, barbarism, barbarousness, beastliness, bestiality, bloodiness, bloodlust, bloodthirst, bloodthirstiness, bloody mindedness, brutality,… …
19barbarity — I (Roget s IV) n. 1. [Savagery] Syn. savageness, cruelty, brutality; see cruelty . 2. [Crudity] Syn. boorishness, vulgarity, crudeness; see rudeness . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) n. barbarism, savagery, ignorance, cloddishness, brutality,… …
20barbarity — bar|bar|i|ty [ bar berəti ] noun count or uncount extremely violent and cruel behavior …
