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English adjective: barbarous

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


SamplesA barbarous crime.
Brutal beatings.
Cruel tortures.
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks.
A savage slap.
Vicious kicks.


Synonymsbrutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious


Similarinhumane


Antonymshumane

2. barbarous primitive in customs and culture


Similarnoncivilised, noncivilized


Antonymscivilised, civilized









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