adj.

1. Primitive in culture and customs; uncivilized.
2. Lacking refinement or culture; coarse.
3. Characterized by savagery; very cruel. See synonyms at cruel.
4. Marked by the use or occurrence of barbarisms in spoken or written language.

[From Latin barbarus, from Greek barbaros, non-Greek, foreign. See barbarism.]

barbarously bar'ba·rous·ly adv.
barbarousness bar'ba·rous·ness n.

adjective

1. Not civilized: barbarian, barbaric, primitive, rude, savage, uncivilized, uncultivated, uncultured, wild. Archaic uncivil. See culture/nature, wild/tame.
2. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: bestial, cruel, fell, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, vicious, wolfish. See kind/cruel.

adj

Definition: crude, savage
Antonyms: civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
  Synonyms: brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious

Meaning #2: primitive in customs and culture

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - barbarisk

Nederlands (Dutch)
barbaars, ongemanierd

Français (French)
adj. - (Hist, Ling, fig) barbare

Deutsch (German)
adj. - barbarisch

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - βάρβαρος, βαρβαρικός, βάναυσος, κακόηχος

Italiano (Italian)
barbaro

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - bárbaro, incorreto

Русский (Russian)
варварский, примитивный, жестокий

Español (Spanish)
adj. - bárbaro, cruel, lleno de barbarismos

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - barbarisk, vild

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
野蛮的, 粗野的, 残暴的

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 野蠻的, 粗野的, 殘暴的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 야만적인, 잔인한, 시끄러운

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 未開の, 無教養の, 野蛮な, 残忍な, 粗野な

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) همجي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮פראי, ברברי‬

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