Vocabulary
Barbaric
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
savagely cruel.
Urdu meaning
وحشیانہ، غیر مہذب جنگلی
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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- It is easy to believe that a people without art, without their own way of understanding and reproducing the beauty of creation, are `barbaric` and thus `worth killing`.
- Soon after Tel Aviv launched its barbaric assault on Gaza, following the Hamas attacks of Oct 7, 2023, there were clear signs that Israel was indiscriminately and purposefully targeting civilians, including children.
- Meanwhile, Palestinian men, women and children continue to starve to death, if they are lucky enough to survive Israel`s barbaric attacks.
- National security experts saw it as a means to counter militancy, while West-influenced development specialists viewed it as the great liberation freeing the barbaric tribesmen from their `past`, if you will.
- THE spiral of violence in Balochistan continues, with the barbaric murder of at least nine individuals on Thursday.
Synonyms
cruel, brutal, barbarous, brutish, bestial, savage, vicious, fierce, ferocious, wicked
Curator example
“he carried out barbaric acts in the name of war”
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