Adjective: barbarous baa(r)-bu-rus
- (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
"a barbarous crime";
- brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious
- Primitive in customs and culture
"The explorers encountered a barbarous tribe deep in the jungle"
See also: inhumane, noncivilised [Brit], noncivilized
Encyclopedia: Barbarous