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
- 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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