Barbarous

['bɑːb(ə)rəs] or ['bɑrbərəs]

Definition

(adj.) primitive in customs and culture .

(adj.) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; 'a barbarous crime'; 'brutal beatings'; 'cruel tortures'; 'Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks'; 'a savage slap'; 'vicious kicks' .

Typist: Thaddeus--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

(a.) Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.

(a.) Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.

(a.) Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

Edited by Colin

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Uncivilized, rough, coarse, rude, untutored, ignorant, unlettered, uncultivated, savage, barbarian, barbaric.[2]. Cruel, inhuman, brutal, brutish, ferocious, ruthless, fell, truculent, fierce, bloody.[3]. Uncouth (as a word or an expression), harsh, vulgar, contrary to good usage.

Edited by Bonita

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Rude, strange, uncivilized, brutal, cruel, ferocious, inhuman, merciless,outlandish, savage, uncouth, atrocious, flagitious, unfettered, nefarious,gross

ANT:Polite, civilized, refined, humane, urbane

Edited by Lizzie

Definition

adj. uncivilised: rude: savage: brutal.—adjs. Bar′baresque pertaining to Barbary: barbarous esp. in art; Barbār′ian uncivilised: savage: without taste or refinement: foreign.—n. an uncivilised man a savage: a cruel brutal man.—adj. Barbar′ic foreign: uncivilised.—n. Barbarisā′tion.—v.t. Bar′barise to make barbarous: to corrupt as a language.—ns. Bar′barism savage life: rudeness of manners: an incorrect form of speech; Barbar′ity savageness: cruelty.—adv. Bar′barously.—n. Bar′barousness.

Checker: Marge

Examples

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