Definition of barbarous Barbarous

/bɑˈɹbɚʌs/ - [barberus] - bar•ba•rous

We found 10 definitions of barbarous from 4 different sources.

What does barbarous mean?

Adjective
barbarous - (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
		brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
		inhumane lacking and reflecting lack of pity or compassion; "humans are innately inhumane; this explains much of the misery and suffering in the world"; "biological weapons are considered too inhumane to be used"
barbarous - primitive in customs and culture

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barbarous (Adjective)
Not classical or pure.
barbarous (Adjective)
uncivilized, uncultured.
barbarous (Adjective)
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.

barbarous (a.)
Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country.
barbarous (a.)
Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.
barbarous (a.)
Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
barbarous (a.)
Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.

barbarous
bär′bar-us, adj. uncivilised: rude: savage: brutal.—adjs. Bar′baresque, pertaining to Barbary: barbarous, esp. in art; Barbār′ian, uncivilised: savage: without taste or refinement: foreign.—n. an uncivilised man, a savage: a cruel, brutal man.—adj. Barbar′ic, foreign: uncivilised.—n. Barbarisā′tion.—v.t. Bar′barise, to make barbarous: to corrupt as a language.—ns. Bar′barism, savage life: rudeness of manners: an incorrect form of speech; Barbar′ity, savageness: cruelty.—adv. Bar′barously.—n. Bar′barousness. [L.—Gr. barbaros, foreign, lit. stammering, from the unfamiliar sound of foreign tongues.]