BARBAROUSNESS

atrocity, atrociousness, barbarity, barbarousness, heinousness

(noun) the quality of being shockingly cruel and inhumane

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

barbarousness (usually uncountable, plural barbarousnesses)

The state or quality of being barbarous.

Source: Wiktionary


Bar"ba*rous*ness, n.

Definition: The quality or state of being barbarous; barbarity; barbarism.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

12 January 2025

HABIT

(noun) (psychology) an automatic pattern of behavior in reaction to a specific situation; may be inherited or acquired through frequent repetition; “owls have nocturnal habits”; “she had a habit twirling the ends of her hair”; “long use had hardened him to it”


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