Origin: Latin
suffix -ous
Barbarous has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"a barbarous crime"
"brutal beatings"
"cruel tortures"
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
"a savage slap"
"vicious kicks"
2
primitive in customs and culture
Example Sentences
"a barbarous crime"
adjective
"brutal beatings"
adjective
"cruel tortures"
adjective
"Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"
adjective
"a savage slap"
adjective
"vicious kicks"
adjective