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Synonyms for barbarous in English

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barbarous:
- barbarous; cruel; vicious; savage; fell; brutal; roughshod

English

Detailed Synonyms for barbarous in English

barbarous:

barbarous adj

barbarous

– primitive in customs and culture ¹
barbarous
– primitive in customs and culture ¹
- barbarous adj
barbarous

– (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering ¹
cruel; vicious; savage; fell; brutal; roughshod; barbarous
– (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering ¹
- cruel adj
  - cruel tortures¹
- vicious adj
  - vicious kicks¹
- savage adj
  - a savage slap¹
- fell adj
- brutal adj
  - brutal beatings¹
- roughshod adj
  - Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks¹
- barbarous adj
  - a barbarous crime¹

Alternate Synonyms for "barbarous":

brutal; cruel; fell; roughshod; savage; vicious; inhumane
noncivilized; noncivilised

Related Definitions for "barbarous":

primitive in customs and culture¹
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering¹
- a barbarous crime¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University