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