barbarous (
http://definr.com/barbarous)
adj 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" [syn:
brutal,
cruel,
fell,
roughshod,
savage,
vicious]
2: primitive in customs and culture