barbarous
uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
savagely cruel or harsh: The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment.
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.
(among ancient Greeks) designating a person or thing of non-Greek origin.
Origin of barbarous
1synonym study For barbarous
Other words for barbarous
Other words from barbarous
- bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
- bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
- hy·per·bar·bar·ous, adjective
- hy·per·bar·bar·ous·ly, adverb
- hy·per·bar·bar·ous·ness, noun
- non·bar·ba·rous, adjective
- non·bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
- non·bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
- pre·bar·ba·rous, adjective
- pre·bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
- pre·bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
- un·bar·ba·rous, adjective
- un·bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb
- un·bar·ba·rous·ness, noun
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How to use barbarous in a sentence
We translate according to the barbarousness of their Latin and dictament.
It thought that Voltaire wrote well, especially in verse, and reproached Ducis only with the barbarousness of his models.
Decadence and Other Essays on the Culture of Ideas | Remy de GourmontI would very fain have the words that the Lords used of my barbarousness in accusing him falsely.'
Sir Walter Ralegh | William StebbingIn its grossness and barbarousness is not that Saxon, as Saxon as it can be?
Celtic Literature | Matthew Arnold
British Dictionary definitions for barbarous
/ (ˈbɑːbərəs) /
uncivilized; primitive
brutal or cruel
lacking refinement
Origin of barbarous
1Derived forms of barbarous
- barbarously, adverb
- barbarousness, noun
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