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barbarous
(encz) | barbarous,barbarský |
Barbarous
(gcide) | Barbarous \Bar"ba*rous\, a. [L. barbarus, Gr. ba`rbaros,
strange, foreign; later, slavish, rude, ignorant; akin to L.
balbus stammering, Skr. barbara stammering, outlandish. Cf.
Brave, a.]
1. Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude;
peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a
barbarous country.
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2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste. [Obs.]
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Barbarous gold. --Dryden.
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3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless.
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By their barbarous usage he died within a few days,
to the grief of all that knew him. --Clarendon.
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4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language.
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A barbarous expression --G. Campbell.
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Syn: Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored;
ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious.
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barbarous
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adj 1: (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" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell,
roughshod, savage, vicious]
2: primitive in customs and culture |
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barbarous
(encz) | barbarous,barbarský |
barbarously
(encz) | barbarously,barbarsky adv: Zdeněk Brož |
barbarousness
(encz) | barbarousness,nelidskost n: Zdeněk Brož |
barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage vicious
(gcide) | inhumane \in`hu*mane"\ ([i^]n`h[=u]*m[=a]n"), adj.
not humane; lacking and reflecting lack of pity, kindness, or
compassion; as, humans are innately inhumane; this explains
much of the misery and suffering in the world; biological
weapons are considered too inhumane to be used. [Narrower
terms: {barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage,
vicious}; {beastly, bestial, brute(prenominal), brutish,
cannibalic ; brutal, cruel; {cold, cold-blooded, inhuman,
insensate ; {pitiless, unfeeling, unkind ; {painful (vs.
painless) ] Also See: uncivilized. Antonym: humane.
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Barbarously
(gcide) | Barbarously \Bar"ba*rous*ly\, adv.
In a barbarous manner.
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Barbarousness
(gcide) | Barbarousness \Bar"ba*rous*ness\, n.
The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity;
barbarism.
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Semibarbarous
(gcide) | Semibarbarous \Sem`i*bar"ba*rous\, a.
Half barbarous.
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barbarous
(wn) | barbarous
adj 1: (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" [syn: barbarous, brutal, cruel, fell,
roughshod, savage, vicious]
2: primitive in customs and culture |
barbarously
(wn) | barbarously
adv 1: in a barbarous manner; "they were barbarously murdered" |
barbarousness
(wn) | barbarousness
n 1: the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane [syn:
atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness,
heinousness] |
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