barbarous 1
adjectivedomain: all adj
Princeton WordNet [ver.3.1]
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EnglishDefinition
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
Examples
- 1.a savage slap
- 2.Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- 3.a barbarous crime
- 4.vicious kicks
- 5.cruel tortures
- 6.brutal beatings
Synonyms
- brutal 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- cruel 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- fell 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- roughshod 2
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- savage 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
- vicious 1
(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
