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# barbarous

adjective

«barbarous» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Barbarous means very cruel, savage or uncivilised, without pity for others. It is a formal, rather old word. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbarous/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbarous/#x1)
- Stop this barbarous practice at once! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbarous/#x2)
- It was a barbarous act to leave the old dog out in the cold. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbarous/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «barbarous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/barbarous/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«barbarous» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/barbarous.html) on Mova free.