Barbarous
Barbarous adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: the barbarous treatment of the native peoples of the New World by those bent on conquest at any cost
Butcherly and barbarous are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Barbarous".
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
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- brutal and barbarous
- brutal and butcherly
- barbaric and barbarous
- barbaric and butcherly
- savage and barbarous
- savage and butcherly
- barbarian and barbarous
- barbarian and butcherly
- uncivilized and barbarous
- uncivilized and butcherly
- vicious and barbarous
- vicious and butcherly
- fierce and barbarous
- fierce and butcherly
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