barbarity

The word “barbarity” has 4 syllables: bar-ba-ri-ty

It's pronounced as /bɑrˈbɛrɪti/


What is synonym and antonym for barbarity?

In the thesaurus, “barbarity” has 2 synonyms and 7 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for barbarity along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for barbarity

  • brutality
  • cruelty

Antonyms for barbarity

  • benignity
  • compassion
  • humaneness
  • humanity
  • kindness
  • sympathy
  • tenderness

Meanings of barbarity

  • noun
    1. The state of being barbarous; brutality.
    2. A barbaric act.
    3. Crudity.
    4. A crude act.

Example Sentences

  • The barbarity of the war left the entire region in ruins.
  • The documentary exposed the barbarity of the treatment faced by prisoners during the conflict.
  • The general was condemned for his acts of barbarity against civilians.
  • The idea of barbarity in ancient times is often misunderstood, as it was rooted in a different set of values.
  • The historian wrote about the barbarity of the invasions, emphasizing the violence that ensued.

On this page you'll find 9 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to barbarity, such as: benignity, brutality, compassion, cruelty, humaneness, humanity, kindness.

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Related Words

callousness

  • alienation
  • apathy
  • atrocity
  • barbarism
  • barbarity
  • brutality
  • callosity
  • carelessness
  • coldness
  • cruelty
  • depravity
  • disdain
  • disinterest
  • disregard
  • ferocity
  • hardness
  • heartlessness
  • imperturbability
  • inattention
  • inertia
  • inhumanity
  • insensitivity
  • lack
  • malice
  • negligence
  • nonchalance
  • obduracy
  • persecution
  • ruthlessness
  • savagery
  • severity
  • torture
  • viciousness

sanguineness

  • barbarity
  • barbarousness
  • bloodlust
  • bloodthirstiness
  • brightness
  • brilliance
  • brutality
  • cruelness
  • cruelty
  • glow
  • heartlessness
  • inhumanity
  • inhumanness
  • murderousness
  • pinkness
  • pitilessness
  • reddishness
  • redness
  • rosiness
  • ruddiness
  • ruthlessness
  • sadism
  • sanguinity
  • savageness
  • savagery
  • unfeelingness

uncharitableness

  • acrimony
  • animosity
  • animus
  • antagonism
  • bad blood
  • barbarity
  • bitterness
  • cruelty
  • enmity
  • grudge
  • hard-heartedness
  • harshness
  • hatred
  • hostility
  • ill will
  • malice
  • mercilessness
  • pitilessness
  • punishment
  • reprisal
  • resentment
  • retaliation
  • retribution
  • revenge
  • ruthlessness
  • sadism
  • savagery
  • vengeance
  • venom
  • viciousness
  • vindictiveness
  • virulence
  • vitriol

vernacularism

  • archaism
  • atrocity
  • barbarity
  • brutality
  • coinage
  • colloquialism
  • cruelty
  • dialect
  • euphemism
  • expression
  • inhumanity
  • jargon
  • linguistic form
  • loanword
  • locution
  • modernism
  • neologism
  • parlance
  • patois
  • phrase
  • speech form
  • term
  • vernacular

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