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Meaning of 'barbarous' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Barbarous [ a.]
- Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
- Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.
- Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
- Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

Meaning of 'barbarous' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . barbarous [ s]
Meaning (1):
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Example in sentence:
  • a barbarous crime;
  • a savage slap;
  • brutal beatings;
  • cruel tortures;
  • Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks;
  • vicious kicks

Nearby Words:

bar bar iron barb barbacan barbacanage barbadian barbadoes barbados barbaic barbara

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