Barbarous vs Furious - What's the difference?
barbarous | furious | Related terms |
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
Transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.
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, title= Rushing with impetuosity; moving with violence.
Barbarous is a related term of furious.
As adjectives the difference between barbarous and furious
is that barbarous is not classical or pure while furious is transported with passion or fury; raging; violent.barbarous
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Alternative forms
* (obsolete) barbarouseAdjective
(en adjective)- I did but prompt the age to quit their cloggs
- By the known rules of antient libertie,
- When strait a barbarous noise environs me
- Of Owles and Cuckoes, Asses, Apes and Doggs - (1673)
Derived terms
* barbarously * barbarousnessfurious
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Adjective
(en adjective)The Mirror and the Lamp, passage=Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part. Thus outraged, she showed herself to be a bold as well as a furious virago. Next day she found her way to their lodgings and tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head.}}