verb
Meaning 1
To cause to become savage or uncultured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
barbarize
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈbɑː(ɹ)bəɹaɪz/
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verb
Meaning 2
To become savage or uncultured.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
make crude or savage in behavior or speech
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- his years in prison have barbarized the young man
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barbarise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change, alter, modify
verb
Meaning 5
become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: barbarise
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: change
History
Etymology
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
10 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Italian: barbarizzare — to cause to become savage
- Latin: effero — to cause to become savage
- Polish: barbaryzować — to cause to become savage
- Polish: zbarbaryzować — to cause to become savage
- Slovak: barbarizovať — to cause to become savage
- Spanish: barbarizar — to cause to become savage
- Swedish: förvilda — to cause to become savage
- Swedish: barbarisera — to cause to become savage
- Polish: barbaryzować się — to become savave
- Polish: barbaryzować się — to adopt a foreign or barbarous mode of speech