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
Malevolent and butcherly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Malevolent" instead an adjective "Butcherly".
Malevolent
Malevolent adjective - Having or showing a desire to cause someone pain or suffering for the sheer enjoyment of it.
Butcherly and malevolent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Malevolent".
Nearby Words: malevolence, malevolently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and butcherly
- mean and malevolent
- hateful and butcherly
- hateful and malevolent
- barbarous and butcherly
- barbarous and malevolent
- brutal and butcherly
- brutal and malevolent
- barbaric and butcherly
- barbaric and malevolent
- savage and butcherly
- savage and malevolent
- nasty and butcherly
- nasty and malevolent
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