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barbarous

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bar·ba·rous  (bärbr-s)
adj.
1. Primitive in culture and customs; uncivilized.
2. Lacking refinement or culture; coarse.
3. Characterized by savagery; very cruel. See Synonyms at cruel.
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.]

barba·rous·ly adv.
barba·rous·ness n.

barbarous
Adjective
1. uncivilized: a barbarous and uninhabitable jungle
2. brutal or cruel: the barbarous tortures inflicted on them [Greek barbaros barbarian, non-Greek]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.barbarousbarbarous - (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"
inhumane - 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 culture
noncivilised, noncivilized - not having a high state of culture and social development

barbarous
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barbarous [ˈbɑːbərəs] adjbárbaro
barbarous [ˈbɑːbərəs] adjbarbare, cruel(le)
barbarous [ˈbɑːbərəs] adjbarbarisch

barbarous
adj barbarous [ˈbaːbərəs]
1 uncultured and uncivilized barbarous habits.barbaarsبَرْبَري، غَيْر مُتَحَضِّرварварскиbarbarskýbarbariskbarbarischβάρβαρος, απολίτιστοςbárbaromatslikبی فرهنگ؛ بی تمدنmoukkamainenbarbareבַּרבָּרִיगंवारbarbarskibarbárbiadabósiðmenntaðurbarbaro野蛮な야만적인barbariškas, laukinisbarbariskskejambarbaarsbarbariskbarbarzyńskibárbarobarbar, săl­­ba­ticдикийbarbarskýbarbarskivarvarskibarbariskป่าเถื่อนkaba, medeniyetsiz, uyar olmayan粗俗的варварський, дикийجڈ ، گنوار اman rợ
2 brutal a barbarous assault.barbaarseوَحْشيжестокbarbarskýrå; barbariskgrausamκτηνώδηςbárbarojõhkerبی رحم؛ ظالمانهraakabarbareאַכזָרִיबर्बरbrutalankegyetlenkejivillimannlegurbarbaro残虐な잔인한žiaurusnežēlīgs; brutālskasarbarbaarsbarbarisk, barbarzyńskibárbarobarbar, sân­gerosжестокийbarbarský, brutálnybarbarskibrutalanrå, grymโหดร้ายçok zalim, gaddar, vahşi野蠻的грубий, жорстокийوحشیانہ ، بہیمانہtàn bạo蛮的
n ˈbarbarousness
barbaarsheidبَرْبَريّ÷ه، وَحْشِيَّهварварствоbarbarstvíråheddie Barbareiβαρβαρότηταbarbariebarbaarsusوحشیگری؛ بی رحمیbarbaarisuusbarbarieבַּרבָרִיוּתबर्बरताbarbarizambarbárságkebiadabanvillimennskabarbarie野蛮야만스러움barbariškumas, žiaurumasbarbariskumskekasaranbarbaarsheidråskapbarbarzyństwobarbaridadebarbarieварварствоbarbarstvobarbarstvobrutalnostbarbari, råhetความโหดร้ายป่าเถื่อนvahşilik, barbarlık, kabalık粗俗варварствоوحشیانہ پنsự dã man
n barˈbarian [-ˈbeəriən]
an uncultured and uncivilized person. barbaarهمجي، بربري، هَمَجي، مُتَوَحِّشварваринbarbarbarbarder Barbarβάρβαρος άνθρωποςbárbarobarbarآدم بی فرهنگbarbaaribarbareבַּרבָּרִיअसभ्य, जंगलीbarbarbarbárbarbar, orang yang biadabbarbari, villimaðurbarbaro野蛮人야만인barbarasbarbarsorang yang tidak bertamadunbarbaarbarbarbarbarzyńcabárbarobarbarварварbarbar, -kabarbarvarvarinbarbarคนป่าเถื่อนbarbar, uygar olmayan kimse野蠻人варварوحشی ، اکھڑجنگلیngười man rợ蛮人
adj
barbarian customs.barbaarseغَيْر حَضاري، غَيْر مُتَمَدِّنварварскиbarbarskýbarbariskbarbarischβάρβαροςbárbarobarbaarneوحشیانهbarbaarinenbarbareבַּרבָּרִיबर्बरbarbarskibarbárprimitifvillimannlegur, ósiðmenntaðurbarbaro野蛮な야만의barbarų, barbariškasbarbaru-; barbariskspakaian orang gasarbarbaarsbarbariskbarbarzyńskibárbarobarbarварварскийbarbarskýbarbarskivarvarskibarbariskที่ป่าเถื่อนkaba, vahşi野蠻人的варварськийوحشیانہthô lỗ

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You will say that that was in the comparatively barbarous times; that these are barbarous times too, because also, comparatively speaking, pins are stuck in even now; that though man has now learned to see more clearly than in barbarous ages, he is still far from having learnt to act as reason and science would dictate.
As writers of travels among barbarous communities are generally very diffuse on these subjects, he deems it right to advert to what may be considered a culpable omission.
They thronged the narrow length of our schooner's decks with their ornamented and barbarous crowd, with the variegated colours of checkered sarongs, red turbans, white jackets, embroideries; with the gleam of scabbards, gold rings, charms, armlets, lance blades, and jewelled handles of their weapons.
 
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