BARBAROUS


Meaning of BARBAROUS in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ bɑ:(r)bərəs ]

1.

If you describe something as barbarous , you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized.

He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous.

ADJ [ disapproval ]

2.

If you describe something as barbarous , you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel.

...a barbarous attack.

= barbaric

ADJ [ disapproval ]

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