barbarous
adjective
[ ˈbɑːb(ə)rəs ]
• extremely brutal.
• "many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards"
Similar:
cruel,
brutal,
barbaric,
brutish,
bestial,
savage,
vicious,
fierce,
ferocious,
wicked,
nasty,
ruthless,
remorseless,
merciless,
villainous,
murderous,
heinous,
nefarious,
monstrous,
base,
low,
low-down,
vile,
inhuman,
infernal,
dark,
black,
black-hearted,
fiendish,
hellish,
diabolical,
ghastly,
horrible,
• primitive and uncivilized.
• "a remote and barbarous country"
Similar:
uncivilized,
primitive,
unsophisticated,
barbaric,
heathen,
wild,
brutish,
Neanderthal,
barbarian,
thuggish,
loutish,
uncouth,
coarse,
rough,
boorish,
oafish,
vulgar,
rude,
Origin:
late Middle English (in barbarous (sense 2)): via Latin from Greek barbaros ‘foreign’ + -ous.
