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Meanings of barbarous in English

(Of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering.

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              1
              Modern Germany is far more scientific than England, and far more barbarous.
              Wired
              2
              Such things are unknown even in the heart of barbarous Central Africa.
              How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
              3
              The germ of the barbarous system is there contained in its entirety.
              The World Decision
              4
              The forest laws also in those early times were terrible and barbarous.
              From John O'Groats to Land's End / Or, 1372 miles on foot; A boo...
              5
              In short, the system of government, according to barbarous ideas was perfect.
              The Discovery of the Source of the Nile
              6
              In really wild, barbarous-sounding Orth, Crade said that this would be fine.
              Anathem
              7
              Every nation now civilized was in early days in a barbarous condition.
              The Eve of the French Revolution
              8
              Never can the free German be the friend of the barbarous Sclavonian.
              The Merchant of Berlin: An Historical Novel
              9
              It had been barbarous prose; she had turned it into purest poetry.
              Robert Elsmere
              10
              The Danish invasions were not so barbarous now as in earlier days.
              The Church and the Barbarians / Being an Outline of the History ...
              11
              The New England people can have no idea of such barbarous policy.
              American Prisoners of the Revolution
              12
              In France, under the former Government, the punishments were not less barbarous.
              The Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): The Rights ...
              13
              A barbarous magnificence attended the feasts of the ancient monarchs of France.
              Curiosities of Literature, Vol. 1
              14
              The people were the poorest and most barbarous which he had met.
              Introductory American History
              15
              In barbarous times it is, in fact, cent, per cent., and more.
              Essays on Political Economy
              16
              But he did not know the barbarous cruelty of the loving woman.
              A Poor Wise Man
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              United Kingdom
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              United States of America
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