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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