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
Truculent
Truculent adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: truculent warlords who spared not even the children
Butcherly and truculent are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Truculent".
Nearby Word: truculently
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- mean and butcherly
- mean and truculent
- harsh and butcherly
- harsh and truculent
- barbarous and butcherly
- barbarous and truculent
- brutal and butcherly
- brutal and truculent
- barbaric and butcherly
- barbaric and truculent
- savage and butcherly
- savage and truculent
- barbarian and butcherly
- barbarian and truculent
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Truculent and Butcherly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/truculent
Butcherly & Truculent. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/truculent>.
Truculent or Butcherly. 2016. Accessed August 10, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/truculent.
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