barbarous
bor buh ruhs
- s (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
a barbarous crime - s primitive in customs and culture
- When the technique works, even the most barbarous of characters may show a flicker of decency.
- It seemed doubtful that elections could take place until the nation's northeast was rid of the barbarous rebels who continued to plague the government last week.
- According to Communist Party Propaganda Chief Deng Liqun, spiritual pollution includes "obscene, barbarous or reactionary materials, vulgar taste in artistic performances .