Associations to the word «Barbarous»
Noun
- Cruel
- Cruelty
- Ignorant
- Civilisation
- Savage
- Barbarian
- Pagan
- Custom
- Wretch
- Ferocity
- Horde
- Briton
- Superstition
- Civilization
- Hatchet
- Tyranny
- Goth
- Magnificence
- Executioner
- Semi
- Gaul
- Refinement
- Nation
- Saxon
- Ignorance
- Idiom
- Atrocity
- Brutality
- Tribe
- Spaniard
- Desolation
- Punishment
- Negroes
- Extermination
- Conqueror
- Pastime
- Disregard
- Incursion
- Latin
- Servitude
- Devastation
- Outrage
- Ornament
- Romans
- Chastity
- Captive
- Reprisal
- Posterity
- Greek
- Manner
- Torment
- Caprice
- Cortes
- Native
- Severity
- Wild
- Aborigine
- Contempt
- Deed
- Torture
Adjective
Wiktionary
BARBAROUS, adjective. (said of language) Not classical or pure.
BARBAROUS, adjective. Uncivilized, uncultured
BARBAROUS, adjective. Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
Dictionary definition
BARBAROUS, adjective. (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".
BARBAROUS, adjective. Primitive in customs and culture.
Wise words
Words, words, words! They shut one off from the universe.
Three quarters of the time one's never in contact with
things, only with the beastly words that stand for them.