barbarity Hear it!

barbarity Definition

bar·bar·ity (bär berə tē)

noun pl. -·ties

  1. cruel or brutal behavior; inhumanity
  2. a cruel or brutal act
  3. a crude or coarse taste, manner, form, etc.

barbarity Synonyms

barbarity

n.

  1. Savagery

    savageness, cruelty, brutality; see cruelty.

  2. Crudity

    boorishness, vulgarity, crudeness; see rudeness.

barbarity Usage Examples

Preposition: of

  • war: In her search for the truth she uncovers the humiliation meted out to deserters and the barbarity of war.
  • slaughter: Every year in Britain, more than 850 million animals face the barbarity of slaughter, many fully conscious.
  • capitalism: The barbarity of capitalism was unleashed in a way previously undreamt of; millions of lives were lost, millions more wrecked forever.
  • century: This is obviously what causes some today to speak of the barbarity of the century.
  • life: The barbarity of life in the State Prison was beyond credibility.

Converse of object

  • commit: In 1929, the Soviets invaded part of China and massacred Russian exiles there, committing the most atrocious barbarities.
  • condemn: It is not just for reasons of home town loyalty, however, that the column declines to condemn such barbarity.
  • allow: They allowed barbarities to be practiced against their prisoners of war from which the most uncivilized people would have recoiled.
  • sanction: Since when did Jesus tell us to collude even unwittingly with state sanctioned barbarity.
  • justify: As the anniversary of VJ Day approaches, the Western ruling classes are keen to justify this barbarity.

Adjective modifier

  • such: Few people posed the question of whether we should be handing out such barbarity to beasts.
  • Nazi: The site would be used to remind future generations of Nazi barbarity.
  • shocking: Failing to do so, the family were carried off to Al-Kufa, and treated with shocking barbarity.
  • great: Of course, war itself is a great barbarity, and all Socialists are bent upon its extermination.
  • unparalleled: By contrast, the failures of the left in Germany allowed the Nazi Party to establish a regime of unparalleled barbarity.
  • horrible: The settlement's chaplain reported " instances, many instances, of horrible barbarity " against the slaves.

Browse dictionary entries near barbarity

  1. barbarism
  2. barbaric
  3. barbarian
  4. Barbara
  5. Barbados
  6. barb
  7. barathea
  8. Baranof
  9. Baracaldo
  10. Barabbas
  1. barbarize
  2. Barbarossa
  3. barbarous
  4. Barbary ape
  5. Barbary Coast
  6. Barbary sheep
  7. Barbary States
  8. barbasco
  9. barbate
  10. barbecue