Barbarous
Barbarous adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost
Hard-hearted and barbarous are semantically related In some cases you can use "Hard-hearted" instead an adjective "Barbarous".
Hard-hearted
Hard-hearted adjective - Having or showing a lack of sympathy or tender feelings.
Usage example: a hard-hearted brush-off to a homeless man asking for money
Barbarous and hard-hearted are semantically related in mean topic. Sometimes you can use "Barbarous" instead an adjective phrase "Hard-hearted", if it concerns topics such as vicious, cruel, cold-blooded, not nice.
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- brutal and barbarous
- brutal and hard-hearted
- barbaric and barbarous
- barbaric and hard-hearted
- savage and barbarous
- savage and hard-hearted
- hard and barbarous
- hard and hard-hearted
- vicious and barbarous
- vicious and hard-hearted
- unkind and barbarous
- unkind and hard-hearted
- fierce and barbarous
- fierce and hard-hearted
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