barbarous

bar·ba·rous

 (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.

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

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bar′ba·rous·ly adv.

bar′ba·rous·ness n.

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barbarous

(ˈbɑːbərəs)

adj

1. uncivilized; primitive

2. brutal or cruel

3. 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 n

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bar•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.

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Thesaurus

Adj.	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, roughshod 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

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barbarous

adjective

1. 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.

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barbarous

adjective

1. 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.

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Translations

بَرْبَري، غَيْر مُتَحَضِّروَحْشي

barbarský

barbariskrå

barbarischgrausamunmenschlich

βάρβαρος

barbare

ósiîmenntaîurvillimannlegur

barbaro

barbarasbarbariškasbarbariškumasbarbarųlaukinis

barbarisksbrutālsnežēlīgs

barbariskrå

çok zalimgaddarkabamedeniyetsizuyar olmayan

未开化的残暴的野蛮的

barbarous

[ˈbɑːbərəs] ADJ → bárbaro

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barbarous

[ˈbɑː^rbərəs] adj (= savage) [action, treatment, practice] → barbare

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barbarous

adj (Hist, fig) → barbarisch; (= cruel) → grausam; guard etc → roh; accent → grauenhaft

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barbarous

(ˈbaːbərəs) adjective

1. uncultured and uncivilized. barbarous habits. barbaars بَرْبَري، غَيْر مُتَحَضِّر варварски bárbaro barbarský barbarisch barbarisk βάρβαρος, απολίτιστοςbárbaro matslik بی فرهنگ؛ بی تمدن sivistymätön barbareברברי गंवार barbarski barbár biadab ósiðmenntaður barbaro 野蛮な 야만적인 barbariškas, laukinis barbarisks kejam barbaarsbarbariskbarbarzyński بی عنعني، بي فرهنگ، بي تمدن bárbaro barbar, săl­­ba­tic дикий barbarský barbarski varvarski barbarisk ป่าเถื่อน kaba, medeniyetsiz, uyar olmayan 野蠻的，未開化的 варварський, дикий جڈ ، گنوار ا man rợ 野蛮的，未开化的

2. brutal. a barbarous assault. barbaarse وَحْشي жесток bárbaro barbarský grausam rå; barbarisk κτηνώδηςbárbaro jõhker بی رحم؛ ظالمانه barbaarimainen barbare אַכזָרִי बर्बर brutalan kegyetlen keji villimannlegur barbaro 残虐な 잔인한 žiaurus nežēlīgs; brutāls kasar barbaarsbarbarisk, råbarbarzyński ظالمانه bárbaro barbar, sân­geros жестокий barbarský, brutálny barbarski brutalan rå, grym โหดร้าย çok zalim, gaddar, vahşi 兇殘的 грубий, жорстокий وحشیانہ ، بہیمانہ tàn bạo 残暴的

ˈbarbarousness noun

barbaarsheid بَرْبَريّ÷ه، وَحْشِيَّه варварство barbaridade barbarství die Barbarei råhed βαρβαρότηταbarbarie barbaarsus وحشیگری؛ بی رحمی barbaarimaisuus barbarieברבריות बर्बरता barbarizam barbárság kebiadaban villimennska barbarie 野蛮 야만적임 barbariškumas, žiaurumas barbariskums kekasaran barbaarsheidråskap barbarzyństwo بي رحمي، ځنگلي، ځيناورتوب barbaridade barbarie варварство barbarstvo barbarstvo brutalnost barbari, råhet ความโหดร้ายป่าเถื่อน vahşilik, barbarlık, kabalık 野蠻，兇殘 варварство وحشیانہ پن sự dã man 野蛮，残暴

barˈbarian (-ˈbeəriən) noun

an uncultured and uncivilized person. barbaar همجي، بربري، هَمَجي، مُتَوَحِّش варварин bárbaro barbar der Barbar barbar βάρβαρος άνθρωπος bárbaro barbar آدم بی فرهنگ barbaari barbareברברי असभ्य, जंगली barbar barbár barbar, orang yang biadab barbari, villimaður barbaro 野蛮人 야만인 barbaras barbars orang yang tidak bertamadun barbaarbarbar barbarzyńca (تاريخ) ځنګلى، نيم وحشى سړى، غيرمدنى bárbaro barbar варвар barbar, -ka barbar varvarin barbar คนป่าเถื่อน barbar, uygar olmayan kimse 野蠻人 варвар وحشی ، اکھڑجنگلی người man rợ 野蛮人

adjective

barbarian customs. barbaarse غَيْر حَضاري، غَيْر مُتَمَدِّن варварски bárbaro barbarský barbarisch barbarisk βάρβαροςbárbaro barbaarne وحشیانه barbaarimainen barbareברברי बर्बर barbarski barbár primitif villimannlegur, ósiðmenntaður barbaro 野蛮な 야만스러운 barbarų, barbariškas barbaru-; barbarisks pakaian orang gasar barbaarsbarbariskbarbarzyński بي رحمانه، bárbaro barbar варварский barbarský barbarski varvarski barbarisk ที่ป่าเถื่อน kaba, vahşi 野蠻人的 варварський وحشیانہ thô lỗ 野蛮人的

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