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Barbarian vs Uncouth - What's the difference?

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Barbarian is a synonym of uncouth.


As a verb barbarian

is .

As an adjective uncouth is

(archaic) unfamiliar, strange, foreign.

barbarian

Adjective

(-)
  • Relating to people, countries or customs perceived as uncivilized or inferior.
  • Synonyms

    * barbaric * barbarous

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An uncivilized or uncultured person, originally compared to the hellenistic Greco-Roman civilisation; often associated with fighting or other such shows of strength.
  • (derogatory) Someone from a developing country or backward culture.
  • A warrior, clad in fur or leather, associated with sword and sorcery stories.
  • (derogatory) A person destitute of culture; a Philistine.
  • A cruel, savage, brutal person; one without pity or humanity.
  • * Philips
  • Thou fell barbarian .

    uncouth

    English

    Adjective

    (en-adj)
  • (archaic) Unfamiliar, strange, foreign.
  • * 1819 : , The Sketch Book (The Voyage)
  • There was a delicious sensation of mingled security and awe with which I looked down, from my giddy height, on the monsters of the deep at their uncouth gambols.
  • Clumsy, awkward.
  • Unrefined, crude.
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  • Synonyms

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    Derived terms

    * uncouthness