Atrocious
Atrocious adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the atrocious treatment of prisoners at the camps
Butcherly and atrocious are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Atrocious".
Nearby Words: atrocity, atrociously
Butcherly
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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