Butcherly and Humane

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Butcherly adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.

Usage example: Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran

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Humane is an antonym for butcherly.

Humane adjective - Having or marked by sympathy and consideration for others.

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Butcherly is an antonym for humane.

Nearby Words: humanity, human, humanely, humaneness, humanism

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