Cruel vs Barbarous - What's the difference?
cruel | barbarous |
Not nice; mean; heartless.
(slang) Cool; awesome; neat.
To spoil or ruin (one's chance of success)
Not classical or pure.
uncivilized, uncultured
Like a barbarian, especially in sound; noisy, dissonant.
As adjectives the difference between cruel and barbarous
is that cruel is not nice; mean; heartless while barbarous is not classical or pure.As a verb cruel
is to spoil or ruin (one's chance of success).cruel
English
Adjective
(en-adj)- The supervisor was very cruel to Josh, as he would always give Josh the hardest, most degrading work he could find.
Synonyms
* brutal * sadistic * viciousAntonyms
* mercifulDerived terms
* cruellyVerb
External links
* *Anagrams
* * ----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)