barbarous

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bar·ba·rous / ˈbärbərəs/ • adj. 1. savagely cruel; exceedingly brutal: many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards.2. primitive; uncivilized: a remote and barbarous country. ∎  (esp. of language) coarse and unrefined.DERIVATIVES: bar·ba·rous·ly adv.