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
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. You can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Barbarous".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- brutal and butcherly
- brutal and barbarous
- barbaric and butcherly
- barbaric and barbarous
- savage and butcherly
- savage and barbarous
- barbarian and butcherly
- barbarian and barbarous
- uncivilized and butcherly
- uncivilized and barbarous
- vicious and butcherly
- vicious and barbarous
- fierce and butcherly
- fierce and barbarous
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