(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"
disapproval If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel. a barbarous attack. = barbaric
Being in the state of a barbarian; uncivilized; rude; peopled with barbarians; as, a barbarous people; a barbarous country
primitive in customs and culture (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks
disapproval If you describe something as barbarous, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is rough and uncivilized. He thought the poetry of Whitman barbarous