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bar·ba·rous

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–adjective

1.	uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.

2.	savagely cruel or harsh: The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment.

3.	full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: an evening of wild and barbarous music.

4.	not conforming to classical standards or accepted usage, as language.

5.	foreign; alien.

6.	(among ancient Greeks) designating a person or thing of non-Greek origin.

[Origin: 1400–50; late ME < L barbarus < Gk bárbaros non-Greek, foreign, barbarian; akin to Skt barbara stammering, non-Aryan; see -ous

]

—Related forms

bar·ba·rous·ly, adverb

bar·ba·rous·ness, noun

—Synonyms 1. See barbarian. 2. ferocious, inhuman, brutal.

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bar·ba·rous Audio Help (bär'bər-əs) Pronunciation Key
adj.

Primitive in culture and customs; uncivilized.
Lacking refinement or culture; coarse.
Characterized by savagery; very cruel. See Synonyms at cruel.
Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language.

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

bar'ba·rous·ly adv., bar'ba·rous·ness n.

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barbarous
adjective
1.	(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"
2.	primitive in customs and culture

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barbarous1 [ˈbaːbərəs] adjective

uncultured and uncivilized
Example: barbarous habits

Arabic:	بَرْبَري، غَيْر مُتَحَضِّر
Chinese (Simplified):	粗俗的
Chinese (Traditional):	粗俗的
Czech:	barbarský
Danish:	barbarisk
Dutch:	barbaars
Estonian:	matslik
Finnish:	moukkamainen
French:	barbare
German:	barbarisch
Greek:	βάρβαρος, απολίτιστος
Hungarian:	barbár
Icelandic:	ósiðmenntaður
Indonesian:	biadab
Italian:	barbaro

Japanese:	野蛮な
Korean:	야만적인
Latvian:	barbarisks
Lithuanian:	barbariškas, laukinis
Norwegian:	barbarisk
Polish:	barbarzyński
Portuguese (Brazil):	bárbaro
Portuguese (Portugal):	bárbaro
Russian:	дикий
Slovak:	barbarský
Slovenian:	barbarski
Spanish:	bárbaro
Swedish:	barbarisk
Turkish:	kaba, medeniyetsiz, uyar olmayan

barbarous2 [ˈbaːbərəs] adjective

brutal
Example: a barbarous assault

Arabic:	وَحْشي
Chinese (Simplified):	野蛮的
Chinese (Traditional):	野蠻的
Czech:	barbarský
Danish:	rå; barbarisk
Dutch:	barbaars
Estonian:	jõhker
Finnish:	raaka
French:	barbare
German:	grausam
Greek:	κτηνώδης
Hungarian:	kegyetlen
Icelandic:	villimannlegur
Indonesian:	keji
Italian:	barbaro

Japanese:	残虐な
Korean:	잔인한
Latvian:	nežēlīgs; brutāls
Lithuanian:	žiaurus
Norwegian:	barbarisk, rå
Polish:	barbarzyński
Portuguese (Brazil):	bárbaro
Portuguese (Portugal):	bárbaro
Russian:	жестокий
Slovak:	barbarský, brutálny
Slovenian:	barbarski
Spanish:	bárbaro
Swedish:	rå, grym
Turkish:	çok zalim, gaddar, vahşi

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Barbarous

Bar*ba"ri*an\, n. [See Barbarous.]

1. A foreigner. [Historical]

Therefore if I know not the meaning of the voice, I shall be unto him that speaketh a barbarian, and he that speaketh shall be a barbarian unto me. --? Cor. xiv. 11.

2. A man in a rule, savage, or uncivilized state.

3. A person destitute of culture. --M. Arnold.

4. A cruel, savage, brutal man; one destitute of pity or humanity. "Thou fell barbarian." --Philips.

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