Antonyms for barbarous

Grammar : Adj

Spell : bahr-ber-uhs

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbɑr bər əs

Definition of barbarous

Origin : c.1400, "uncivilized, uncultured, ignorant," from Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros (see barbarian). Meaning "not Greek or Latin" (of words or language) is from c.1500; that of "savagely cruel" is from 1580s.

adj crude, savage

Example sentences :

The most ignorant and barbarous of these barbarians carry the report abroad.
Extract from : « An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding » by David Hume

The people were the poorest and most barbarous which he had met.
Extract from : « Introductory American History » by Henry Eldridge Bourne

This barbarous and savage entanglement is absolutely défendu.
Extract from : « Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 98, March 1, 1890 » by Various

That sort of morality is good for your mountain peasants or other barbarous tribes.
Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani

They are measured by the horror which they arouse in a barbarous age.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

The 'chants of Isis' (Laws), we might think, would have been barbarous in an Athenian ear.
Extract from : « Laws » by Plato

In our barbarous society the influence of character is in its infancy.
Extract from : « Essays, Second Series » by Ralph Waldo Emerson

Even the most barbarous people were not without their oracles.
Extract from : « The Phantom World » by Augustin Calmet

They were so free, so untrammelled and self-sufficient; yes, and so barbarous, too.
Extract from : « Hidden Water » by Dane Coolidge

Oh, I forgot, you never acquired the barbarous art of carving.'
Extract from : « Lord Kilgobbin » by Charles Lever

Synonyms for barbarous

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