Synonyms and Antonyms of barbarous
- a monarch resorting to whatever barbarous means he deemed necessary to protect his throne
hard-hearted, ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted, unfeeling
bloodthirsty, cutthroat, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine
catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vindictive
draconian, draconic, hardhanded, harsh, heavy-handed, oppressive
- an aunt who abhors barbarous behavior such as eating with your fingers
barbarian, barbaric, heathen, heathenish, natural, Neanderthal (or Neandertal), rude, savage, uncivil, uncivilized, uncultivated, wild