Hyphenation of barbarous

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word barbarous? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

bar-barous

Definitions of barbarous:

1.	(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.	Primitive in customs and culture

Synonyms of barbarous:

adj	brutal, cruel, fell, roughshod, savage, vicious, inhumane
adj	noncivilized, noncivilised

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