English Explanatory Dictionary

barbarious

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. barbarous, barbaric.

Pronunciation

/bɑː(ɹ)ˈbeəɹɪəs/

Word forms

barbarious more barbarious most barbarious

Etymology

Possibly from barbary (“barbarian, non-Christian”), or combining barbaric and barbarous.

Synonyms

barbarian heathen pagan animalistic barbaric barbarious barbarous brutal brutish Gothic Gothlike grim heathenish heathenly heathenous incivil savage tenebrose truculent uncivil uncivilized uncouth uncultivated uncultured uplandish wolfish

Derived words

barbariously barbariousness
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