Coldhearted vs Barbarous - What's the difference?
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Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
Coldhearted is a related term of barbarous.
As adjectives the difference between coldhearted and barbarous
is that coldhearted is while barbarous is not classical or pure.coldhearted
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Adjective
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)