Bloodthirsty vs Barbarous - What's the difference?
bloodthirsty | barbarous | Related terms |
Eager to resort to violence.
Characterized by massive bloodshed.
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
Bloodthirsty is a related term of barbarous.
As adjectives the difference between bloodthirsty and barbarous
is that bloodthirsty is eager to resort to violence while barbarous is not classical or pure.bloodthirsty
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Alternative forms
* blood-thirsty (obsolete) * bloud-thirsty (obsolete) * bloudthirsty (obsolete)Adjective
(en-adj)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)