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Adjective: barbaric  baa(r)'ba-rik
  1. Without civilizing influences
    "barbaric practices"
    - barbarian, savage, uncivilized, uncivilised [Brit], wild
     
  2. Unrestrained and crudely rich
    "barbaric use of colour or ornament"

See also: barbarity, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized, tasteless

Encyclopedia: Barbaric