barbarismnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈbɑː.bə.rɪ.zəm/us/ˈbɑːr.bɚ.ɪ.zəm/extremely cruel and unpleasant behaviour:
He witnessed some appalling acts of barbarism during the war.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- have a sharp tongue idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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