barbarousadjective
uk/ˈbɑː.bər.əs/us/ˈbɑːr.bɚ.əs/formalextremely cruel or unpleasant, or failing to reach acceptable social standards:
His murder was an outrageous and barbarous act.
How can they forgive such barbarous behaviour?
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Unkind, cruel & unfeeling
- acerbic
- acidly
- backbite
- backbiting
- backhanded
- barbaric
- bilious
- cutthroat
- fiendish
- hard-hearted
- have a heart of stone idiom
- have a sharp tongue idiom
- insensible
- malign
- remorseless
- ruthless
- sadism
- sadist
- savagery
- waspish
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