barbarous

[US]/ˈbɑːbərəs/
[UK]/ˈbɑːrbərəs/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

adj. vild, grusom, uciviliseret, ukælig, fremmed.

Phrases & Collocations

barbarous behavior

barbarisk opførsel

barbarous treatment

barbarisk behandling

Example Sentences

a remote and barbarous country.

et fjernt og barbarisk land.

committed a barbarous crime.

begik en barbarisk forbrydelse.

It is barbarous to call at 5 a.m.

Det er barbarisk at ringe på klokken 5 om morgenen.

She received the most barbarous treatment.

Hun modtog den mest barbariske behandling.

It was barbarous to treat prisoners in that manner.

Det var barbarisk at behandle fanger på den måde.

They were guilty of the most barbarous and inhuman atrocities.

De var skyldige i de mest barbariske og umenneskelige grusomheder.

many early child-rearing practices were barbarous by modern standards.

Mange tidlige børreopdragelsespraksisser var barbariske efter moderne standarder.

From Alexander the grammarian, to refrain from fault-finding, and not in a reproachful way to chide those who uttered any barbarous or solecistic or strange-sounding expression;

Fra Alexander, grammatikeren, at undgå at finde fejl, og ikke på en bebrejdende måde at irettesætte dem, der udtalte nogen barbariske, fejlbehæftede eller mærkeligt klingende udtryk;

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