Uncivilized
121barbarous — barbarian, barbaric, barbarous 1. These words had their origins in people s ideas about foreign languages. The Greek word barbaros, ‘barbarian’, which is the ultimate source of all these words, meant someone who spoke words sounding like ba ba.… …
122rude — [adj1] disrespectful, rough abrupt, abusive, bad mannered, barbarian, barbaric, barbarous, blunt, boorish, brusque, brutish, cheeky, churlish, coarse, crabbed, crude, curt, discourteous, graceless, gross, gruff, ignorant, illiterate, impertinent …
123barbarian — ► NOUN 1) (in ancient times) a member of a people not belonging to the Greek, Roman, or Christian civilizations. 2) an uncivilized or cruel person. ► ADJECTIVE ▪ uncivilized or cruel. ORIGIN from Greek barbaros foreign …
124savage — ► ADJECTIVE 1) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled. 2) cruel and vicious. 3) primitive; uncivilized. 4) (of a place) wild; uncultivated. ► NOUN 1) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. 2) a brutal or vicious …
125savagely — savage ► ADJECTIVE 1) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled. 2) cruel and vicious. 3) primitive; uncivilized. 4) (of a place) wild; uncultivated. ► NOUN 1) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. 2) a brutal or vicious …
126savagery — savage ► ADJECTIVE 1) fierce, violent, and uncontrolled. 2) cruel and vicious. 3) primitive; uncivilized. 4) (of a place) wild; uncultivated. ► NOUN 1) a member of a people regarded as primitive and uncivilized. 2) a brutal or vicious …
127heathen — [hē′thən] n. pl. heathens or heathen [ME hethen < OE hæthen < hæth, HEATH; like Goth haithnō, gentile (woman) < haithi, heath (hence lit., “heath dweller”) a loan transl. used by ULFILAS for LL(Ec) paganus (see PAGAN), taken in its L… …
128uncivilised — adjective without civilizing influences barbarian invaders barbaric practices a savage people fighting is crude and uncivilized especially if the weapons are efficient Margaret Meade wild tribes • Syn: ↑barbarian, ↑bar …
