Barb, v. a. Point, fit with barbs, beard.
Barbadoes tar. Petroleum, rock-oil, Seneca oil, mineral pitch, mineral tar, mineral oil.
Barbarian, n.
- 1. Savage.
- 2. Brute, ruffian, brutal monster.
Barbarian, a.
- 1. Uncivilized, rude, savage, barbarous, barbaric.
- 2. Inhuman, brutal, cruel, unfeeling, ruthless, truculent, ferocious, fierce, fell, bloody, brutish. See barbarous.
Barbaric, a.
- 1. Barbarian, barbarous, uncivilized, rude, savage, untamed.
- 2. Gaudy, uncouth, coarse, coarsely showy, outlandish, unrefined, wild, untamed, unregulated, capricious,
riotous, coarsely luxuriant.
Barbarism, n.
- 1. Savagism, savage state, savagery, barbarous state, uncivilized condition.
- 2. Rudeness, roughness, brutality, savageness, harshness, destructiveness, vandalism.
- 3. Impurity (of diction), impropriety, unauthorized expression.
- 4. Atrocity, outrage, act of cruelty or barbarity, brutality.
Barbarity, n. Cruelty, savageness, barbarousness, brutality, brutishness, ferociousness, ferocity, inhumanity, truculence, hardness of heart, manners of a barbarian.
Barbarous, a.
- 1. Uncivilized, rough, coarse, rude, untutored, ignorant, unlettered, uncultivated, untamed, savage, barbarian,
barbaric.
- 2. Cruel, inhuman, brutal, brutish, unfeeling, ferocious, ruthless, fell, truculent, fierce, bloody, savage.