Butcherly and Sympathetic

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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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Sympathetic is an antonym for butcherly.

Sympathetic adjective - Having or showing the capacity for sharing the feelings of another.

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Butcherly is an antonym for sympathetic.

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Sympathetic and Butcherly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/sympathetic

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