barbarous
英['bɑːb(ə)rəs]
美['bɑrbərəs]
英英释意
- 1. (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"
- 2. primitive in customs and culture