BARBARIZE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • make crude or savage in behavior or speech
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • his years in prison have barbarized the young man
    Hypernyms(s) barbarize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) barbarize is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)