BARBARIZE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Make crude or savage in behavior or speech

Example:

his years in prison have barbarized the young man

Synonyms:

barbarise; barbarize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "barbarize" is one way to...):

alter; change; modify (cause to change; make different; cause a transformation)

Verb group:

barbarise; barbarize (become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

barbarization (an act that makes people primitive and uncivilized)

Meaning:

Become crude or savage or barbaric in behavior or language

Synonyms:

barbarise; barbarize

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Hypernyms (to "barbarize" is one way to...):

change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)

Verb group:

barbarise; barbarize (make crude or savage in behavior or speech)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s