Definition of BARBAROUS

barbarous

Adjective Satellite

  • (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
    • "a barbarous crime"
  • primitive in customs and culture

Adj

  • Not classical or pure.
  • Uncivilized, uncultured.
  • Mercilessly or impudently violent or cruel, savage.
  • Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.

Origin / Etymology

Late Middle English, from Latin barbarus (“foreigner, savage”), from Ancient Greek βάρβαρος (bárbaros, “foreign, strange”).

Scrabble Score: 13

barbarous: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Word
barbarous: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
barbarous: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 16

barbarous: valid Words With Friends Word