ANIMALLIKE Synonyms: 77 Similar and Opposite Words

animallike

adjective

Definition of animallike

as in barbaric

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Adjective

In no way can [Hasan's] actions be condoned but this decision is a barbaric promotion of a culture of death and must be reconsidered.

— Dan Mangan,Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 15 Oct. 2026
Earlier today Opinion Megan McArdle Think a firing squad is barbaric?

— Edith Pritchett, Washington Post, 10 Oct. 2026

Definition of barbaric

Adjective

But the show repeatedly undercuts that point of view by halfway reinforcing the age-old American assumption that crime is born of poor individual choices among an uncivilized populace, not of poverty, desperation, and preservation, both self and communal.

— Andy Andersen, Vulture, 27 June 2026
Colonial technology came for his kingdom, regardless, and the forces of modernity ended up demonizing those who didn’t embrace technology as backward and uncivilized.

— Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 8 Apr. 2026

Definition of uncivilized

Adjective

The chaos in Ithaca may be political and ethical—a violation of custom—but stretches of the poem are barbarous and wild, beyond civilized life altogether.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Seeking to eliminate Berber forces in the barren mountains of northern Morocco, seven soldiers obediently follow their fanatical sergeant (Víctor Clavijo) into barbarous depths of depravity.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 16 May 2026

Definition of barbarous

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According to Formlabs, this improves strength, toughness, heat resistance, and resistance to gradual deformation under sustained loads, while producing a harder, less tacky surface.

— Michael Lydick, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026
What was created to be unique and delightfully tacky has become so boringly mainstream and expected.

— Francesca Krempa, Bon Appetit Magazine, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of tacky

Adjective

Holzinger jumps into the tank, her movements inelegant and panicked, and pulls Nüganen out.

— Lauren Oyler, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
One of the more revealing patterns to emerge from the category is something known as zebra striping, a perhaps inelegant term, but a quick phrase to show the shift in highly intelligent consumer behaviour.

— Kate Hardcastle, Forbes.com, 19 June 2026

Definition of inelegant

Adjective

The provincial government said a committee had been formed to investigate the cause of the roof collapse of the three-story building.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 16 Oct. 2026
In total, the deal will inject nearly 125 megawatts of extra clean electricity into the provincial grid.

— Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 16 Oct. 2026

Definition of provincial

Adjective

What shocked him was how unregulated—and unsophisticated—the rental market seemed.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 14 Oct. 2026
Five months later, the Taliban militia, which had no airpower and unsophisticated weaponry, seized control of Kabul in just ten days.

— Robin Wright, New Yorker, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of unsophisticated

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