animallike

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Adjective
  • But because of his radical and violent fight for freedom, Dessalines’ enemies often described him as ferocious and barbaric, both during his lifetime and in the centuries after his death.
    Julia Gaffield, The Conversation, 15 June 2026
  • The vitality of her language, its frolicsome dance with personification, communicates its own resistance in the face of an indifferent world, exploited by imperialist greed and barbaric, militant might.
    Rachel Vorona Cote, Vulture, 2 June 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • Rather than a barrier between north and south, Arab and African, civilized and uncivilized, the Sahara emerges as a varied landscape deeply enmeshed in trading, religious, and other networks that stretch beyond its vast expanse.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 16 Dec. 2025
Adjective
  • 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
  • Lies told by people who are simply too afraid to look at such an ugly, barbarous reality.
    Clare Malone, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
Adjective
  • While layered patterns can look lovely, Hodden warns that too much of a good thing can take a room into tacky territory.
    Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 24 June 2026
  • Paint the walls, opt for an interesting wallpaper pattern, replace the toilet and vanity, swap out tacky old hardware for stylish knobs and pulls, and install new light fixtures.
    Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 June 2026
Adjective
  • 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
  • But the sheer brutality and creeping terror of the simplistic opening scene makes the rest of the film — with its gratuitous set pieces and CGI gore — seem much more inelegant.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 15 June 2026
Adjective
  • Online databases, provincial vital records offices, and archives help reconstruct the family chain.
    Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes.com, 23 June 2026
  • The court convicted the two defendants after a trial that was initially held in Gwadar and later moved to a high-security prison in Quetta, the provincial capital of Balochistan, because of security concerns.
    ABC News, ABC News, 22 June 2026
Adjective
  • The hillbilly is portrayed as ignorant, uneducated, and unsophisticated; they are often depicted as being unkempt in appearance, perhaps noticeably dirty or walking around barefoot.
    Jordana Rosenfeld, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 June 2026
  • This handed unsophisticated attackers a preview of what’s coming.
    Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 June 2026
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“Animallike.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/animallike. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.

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