barbarous English

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What does barbarous mean?

barbarous

— adjective primitive in customs and culture

— adjective (= brutal, cruel, roughshod, savage, vicious) (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

Synonyms barbarous synonyms

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savage

barbarian

barbaric

brutal

cruel

uncivilized

fierce

atrocious

uncultured

inhuman

fell

vicious

unkind

merciless

incisive

grim

bloodthirsty

bestial

unrefined

uneducated

uncivilised

roughshod

harsh

ferocious

yard

wild

vulgar

unworthy

unsophisticated

unripened

unripe

unlettered

unhuman

ungentlemanly

ungentlemanlike

underdone

uncultivated

uncooked

truculent

tramontane

time

take turns

stupid

simple

savageness

rustic

raw

not respectable

noncivilized

noncivilised

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Social behavior Conflict Fight

Violent

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