barbarous

«barbarous» in Mova's school dictionary: very cruel, savage or uncivilised, without pity for others — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

adjective

meaning for a pupil

Barbarous means very cruel, savage or uncivilised, without pity for others. It is a formal, rather old word. tree →

sense in the lessons

in stories a barbarous ruler is cruel, and a hero stands up to stop him

examples

• The king's barbarous laws made the people weep. tree →
• Stop this barbarous practice at once! tree →
• It was a barbarous act to leave the old dog out in the cold. tree →

note

nothing for maths

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «barbarous» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.