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单词 barbarous
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barbarous

[ bahr-ber-uhs ]
/ ˈbɑr bər əs /
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adjective

uncivilized; wild; savage; crude.
savagely cruel or harsh: The prisoners of war were given barbarous treatment.
full of harsh sounds; noisy; discordant: an evening of wild and barbarous music.
not conforming to classical standards or accepted usage, as language.
foreign; alien.
(among ancient Greeks) designating a person or thing of non-Greek origin.

Origin of barbarous

1400–50; late Middle English <Latin barbarus<Greek bárbaros non-Greek, foreign, barbarian; akin to Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan; see -ous

SYNONYMS FOR barbarous

2 ferocious, inhuman, brutal.
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synonym study for barbarous

1. See barbarian.

OTHER WORDS FROM barbarous

Words nearby barbarous

barbarity, barbarize, Barbarossa, Barbarossa I, Barbarossa II, barbarous, Barbary, Barbary ape, Barbary Coast, Barbary Coast Wars, Barbary fig
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British Dictionary definitions for barbarous

barbarous
/ (ˈbɑːbərəs) /

adjective

uncivilized; primitive
brutal or cruel
lacking refinement

Derived forms of barbarous

barbarously, adverbbarbarousness, noun

Word Origin for barbarous

C15: via Latin from Greek barbaros barbarian, non-Greek, in origin imitative of incomprehensible speech; compare Sanskrit barbara stammering, non-Aryan
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