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bar·ba·rous B0069500 (bär′bər-əs)adj.1. Primitive or undeveloped in culture and customs; uncivilized.2. Lacking refinement or culture; coarse: inappropriate, barbarous behavior.3. Characterized by savagery; very cruel: a barbarous punishment; a barbarous tyrant.4. Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language. [From Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros, non-Greek, foreign; see barbarism.] bar′ba·rous·ly adv.bar′ba·rous·ness n.barbarous (ˈbɑːbərəs) adj1. uncivilized; primitive2. brutal or cruel3. lacking refinement[C15: via Latin from Greek barbaros barbarian, non-Greek, in origin imitative of incomprehensible speech; compare Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan] ˈbarbarously adv ˈbarbarousness nbar•ba•rous (ˈbɑr bər əs) adj. 1. uncivilized; wild; savage. 2. savagely cruel or harsh: barbarous treatment of war prisoners. 3. full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: wild and barbarous music. 4. not conforming to classical standards or accepted usage, as language. 5. foreign; alien. [1400–50; late Middle English < Latin barbarus < Greek bárbaros non-Greek, barbarian; see -ous] bar′ba•rous•ly, adv. bar′ba•rous•ness, n. ThesaurusAdj. | 1. | barbarous - (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"brutal, cruel, fell, savage, vicious, roughshodinhumane - lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used" | | 2. | barbarous - primitive in customs and culturenoncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development |
barbarousadjective1. uncivilized, wild, rough, gross, savage, primitive, rude, coarse, vulgar, barbarian, philistine, uneducated, brutish, unsophisticated, uncouth, uncultivated, unpolished, uncultured, unmannered He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.2. brutal, cruel, savage, vicious, ruthless, ferocious, monstrous, barbaric, heartless, inhuman, merciless, remorseless, pitiless It was a barbarous attack on a purely civilian train.barbarousadjective1. Not civilized:barbarian, barbaric, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, wild.Archaic: uncivil.2. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint:bestial, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish.Translationsbarbarous (ˈbaːbərəs) adjective1. uncultured and uncivilized. barbarous habits. 野蠻的,未開化的 野蛮的,未开化的 2. brutal. a barbarous assault. 兇殘的 残暴的ˈbarbarousness noun 野蠻,兇殘 野蛮,残暴 barˈbarian (-ˈbeəriən) noun an uncultured and uncivilized person. 野蠻人 野蛮人 adjectivebarbarian customs. 野蠻人的 野蛮人的EncyclopediaSeebarbarianbarbarous
Synonyms for barbarousadj uncivilizedSynonyms- uncivilized
- wild
- rough
- gross
- savage
- primitive
- rude
- coarse
- vulgar
- barbarian
- philistine
- uneducated
- brutish
- unsophisticated
- uncouth
- uncultivated
- unpolished
- uncultured
- unmannered
adj brutalSynonyms- brutal
- cruel
- savage
- vicious
- ruthless
- ferocious
- monstrous
- barbaric
- heartless
- inhuman
- merciless
- remorseless
- pitiless
Synonyms for barbarousadj not civilizedSynonyms- barbarian
- barbaric
- primitive
- rude
- savage
- uncivilized
- uncultivated
- uncultured
- wild
- uncivil
adj showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraintSynonyms- bestial
- cruel
- fell
- feral
- ferocious
- fierce
- inhuman
- savage
- truculent
- vicious
- wolfish
Synonyms for barbarousadj (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or sufferingSynonyms- brutal
- cruel
- fell
- savage
- vicious
- roughshod
Related Wordsadj primitive in customs and cultureRelated Words |