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Barbarous

ˈbɑːb(ə)rəs

Barbarous definitions

adjective

Inflections:

barbarous

extremely brutal

"many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards"

Synonyms:
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 fiendish hellish diabolical ghastly horrible
primitive and uncivilized

"a remote and barbarous country"

Synonyms:
uncivilized primitive unsophisticated barbaric heathen
- (of language) coarse and unrefined
  
  "avoiding barbarous sentences or ambiguities"