barbarous

a. நாகரிகமற்ற, கொடுமையான, பண்புக்கேடான, முரடான, தூய்மையற்ற, கிரேக்க ரோம வழக்கில் அயற்பண்பாட்டுக் குரிய.

Synonyms

rude strange uncivilized brutal cruel ferocious inhuman merciless outlandish savage uncouth atrocious flagitious unfettered nefarious gross

Antonyms

polite civilized refined humane urbane

Bar"ba*rous, a. Etym: [L. barbarus, Gr. , 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. 2. Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.[Obs.] Barbarous gold. Dryden. 3. Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon. 4. Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. A barbarous expression G. Campbell. Syn. -- Uncivilized; unlettered; uncultivated; untutored; ignorant; merciless; brutal. See Ferocious.

barbarous - Similar Words

barbarously barbarousnes barratrous barbados arborous semibarbarous barbarousness barbigerous tartarous margarous