Australian English Meaning of barbarous

barbaric

Other Australian English words related to barbaric

Definitions and Meaning of barbarous in English

Wordnet

barbarous (s)

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

primitive in customs and culture

Webster

barbarous (a.)

Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.

Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.

Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.

Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

FAQs About the word barbarous

barbaric

(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering, primitive in customs and cultureBeing in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rud

brutal,cruel,ruthless,savage,vicious,Atrocious,barbaric,brutal,Ferocious,fiendish

benign,compassionate,humane,kind,sympathetic,warm,benign,charitable,Good-hearted,good-natured

barbarossa => Barbarossa, barbarizing => barbarizing, barbarized => barbarized, barbarize => Barbarize, barbarization => barbarisation,