barbarous

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

2. a. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. Source: opted

3. a. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. Source: opted

4. a. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. Source: opted

5. adj. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering Source: wordnet

6. adj. primitive in customs and culture Source: wordnet

7. 1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country. 2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.[Obs.] Barbarous gold. Dryden. 3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon. 4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. A barbarous expression G. Campbell. Syn. -- Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious. Source: webster

8. j:100 s. (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering s. primitive in customs and culture Source: ecdict

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