Barbarous vs Turbulent - What's the difference?
barbarous | turbulent | Related terms |
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
Violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.
Being in, or causing, disturbance or unrest.
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Barbarous is a related term of turbulent.
As adjectives the difference between barbarous and turbulent
is that barbarous is not classical or pure while turbulent is violently disturbed or agitated; tempestuous, tumultuous.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 * barbarousnessturbulent
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Adjective
(en adjective)Keeping the mighty honest, passage=The [Washington] Post's proprietor through those turbulent [Watergate] days, Katharine Graham, held a double place in Washington’s hierarchy: at once regal Georgetown hostess and scrappy newshound, ready to hold the establishment to account. That is a very American position.}}