1. (

• barbarous ,
• brutal ,
• cruel ,
• fell ,
• roughshod ,
• savage ,
• vicious

) (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering; "a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks" ;

2. (

• barbarous

) primitive in customs and culture ;