barbarous
Not classical or pureNot classical or pure.
» The slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
Массовое убийство пленных было варварским актом.
Массовое убийство пленных было актом варварства.
Meaning
4 sensesNot classical or pure.
Uncivilized, uncultured.
Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
- primitive in customs and culture
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Examples
5 sentencesThe slaughter of the prisoners was a barbarous act.
ruМассовое убийство пленных было варварским актом.
I love to sail forbidden seas, and land on barbarous coasts.
In revenge and in love woman is more barbarous than man is.
deIn der Rache und in der Liebe ist die Frau barbarischer als der Mann.
There are still barbarous nations.
ruВсё ещё существуют варварские народы.
"Don't you think it's a cruel, barbarous thing to whip a child . . . ANY child?" exclaimed Anne, her face flushing with earnestness.
de„Findest du es nicht grausam und barbarisch, ein Kind, egal, was für eines, zu schlagen?“ rief Anne hochernster Miene aus.
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαροLate Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).
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Forms
more barbarous, most barbarous| Comparative | more barbarous Lesson |
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| Superlative | most barbarous Lesson |
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Synonyms
57 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form