barbarize

Verb

Meaning

To become barbarous.

To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.

To make barbarous.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

barbarise attack butcher destroy assault burn batter roar rampage terrorize mechanize vandalize dehumanize browbeat coarsen

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Antonyms

bear perform protect save preserve manage

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Hypernyms

change alter modify

Derivatives

barbarized barbarizing

Examples

Manners are of more importance than laws. The law can touch us here and there, now and then. Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation like that of the air we breathe in. Edmund Burke

Manners are of more importance than laws... Manners are what vex or soothe, corrupt or purify, exalt or debase, barbarize or refine us, by a constant, steady, uniform, insensible operation, like that of the air we breathe in. Edmund Burke

his years in prison have barbarized the young man Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

barbarism barbarity barbarization Barbaro barbarocracy Barbarossa