Barbarousness

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.

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[From Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros, non-Greek, foreign; see barbarism.]

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barba·rous·ly adv.

barba·rous·ness n.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

barbarousness - the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane atrociousness, atrocity, barbarity, heinousness inhumaneness, inhumanity - the quality of lacking compassion or consideration for others