English noun: barbarity | |||
1. | barbarity (attribute) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane | ||
Synonyms | atrociousness, atrocity, barbarousness, heinousness | ||
Broader (hypernym) | inhumaneness, inhumanity | ||
2. | barbarity (act) a brutal barbarous savage act | ||
Synonyms | barbarism, brutality, savagery | ||
Broader (hypernym) | atrocity, inhumanity | ||