Barbaric
Barbaric adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: a barbaric dictator who tortured his own people with no qualms
Sanguinary and barbaric are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Sanguinary" instead an adjective "Barbaric".
Sanguinary
Sanguinary adjective - Eager for or marked by the shedding of blood, extreme violence, or killing.
Usage example: a movie so sanguinary that I covered my eyes during at least half of it
Barbaric and sanguinary are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Barbaric" instead an adjective "Sanguinary".
Nearby Word: sanguine
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- barbarous and barbaric
- barbarous and sanguinary
- brutal and barbaric
- brutal and sanguinary
- savage and barbaric
- savage and sanguinary
- wild and barbaric
- wild and sanguinary
- vicious and barbaric
- vicious and sanguinary
- fierce and barbaric
- fierce and sanguinary
- merciless and barbaric
- merciless and sanguinary
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