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    barbarous
    /ˈbɑːb(ə)rəs/

    adjective

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishBARBAROUS | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    Barbarous means extremely cruel or unpleasant, or failing to reach acceptable social standards. It can also mean characteristic of people who have no experience of the habits and culture of modern life. See more meanings, synonyms and examples of barbarous in English.

  3. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryBARBAROUS | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

    Barbarous means extremely cruel or unpleasant, or failing to reach acceptable social standards. It can also mean characteristic of people who have no experience of the habits and culture of modern life. See more meanings, synonyms and examples of barbarous.

  4. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › barbarousBarbarous Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    Barbarous means uncivilized, lacking culture or refinement, or mercilessly harsh or cruel. See synonyms, antonyms, examples, word history, and etymology of barbarous.

  5. www.dictionary.com › browse › barbarousBARBAROUS Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    savagely cruel or harsh: The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment. Synonyms: brutal, inhuman, ferocious. full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: an evening of wild and barbarous music. not conforming to classical standards or accepted usage, as language. foreign; alien.

  6. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishBARBAROUS definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › barbarousBarbarous - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    To be barbarous is to be vicious and cruel or simply uncivilized. Wearing a leopard-pelt skirt and swatting at people with a wooden club is barbarous, and so is eating spaghetti with your hands. Barbarous can describe a terrible, savage act, like mass murder or torture, but it can also describe people who are uncultured. It sounds better if you ...

  8. en.wiktionary.org › wiki › barbarousbarbarous - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

    Jun 3, 2024 · barbarous means not classical or pure, uncivilized, uncultured, mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, or like a barbarian. It comes from Latin barbarus, from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).