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
The most important things are the hardest things to say.
They are the things you get ashamed of because words
diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem
timeless when they are in your head to no more than living
size when they are brought out.