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.
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