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
- harsh and butcherly
- harsh and merciless
- barbarous and butcherly
- barbarous and merciless
- brutal and butcherly
- brutal and merciless
- barbaric and butcherly
- barbaric and merciless
- savage and butcherly
- savage and merciless
- severe and butcherly
- severe and merciless
- fierce and butcherly
- fierce and merciless
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Merciless and Butcherly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/merciless
Butcherly & Merciless. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/merciless>.
Merciless or Butcherly. 2016. Accessed August 08, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/merciless.
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