barbarous
barbarous is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.[Obs.] Barbarous gold. Dryden.
- 2.Cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon.
- 3.Contrary to the pure idioms of a language. A barbarous expression G. Campbell. See Ferocious.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abrupt
- affectation
- affected
- artificial
- awkward
- barbarism
- break
- cacophony
- crude
- dislocate
- dry
- euphuism
- euphuistic
- forced
- formal
- fustian
- graceless
- grotesque
- harsh
- inelegance
- inelegant
- jaw
- labored
- mannered
- mannerism
- marinism
- offensive
- polite
- ponderous
- rude
- slang
- solecism
- stiff
- stiffness
- teeth
- that
- the
- turgid
- uncouth
- ungraceful
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is barbarous.
- What is foreign; adapted to a barbaric taste.[Obs.] Barbarous gold. Dryden called?
- What is cruel; ferocious; inhuman; merciless. By their barbarous usage he died within a few days, to the grief of all that knew him. Clarendon called?
- What is contrary to the pure idioms of a language. A barbarous expression G. Campbell. See Ferocious called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
- Canonical URL: https://worddirectanswers.com/word/barbarous
- Steward: Jason Burns