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
Vicious
Vicious adjective - Having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others.
Usage example: she made a vicious effort to destroy the lives of the people who had wronged her
Butcherly and vicious are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Vicious".
Nearby Word: viciously
Mutual synonyms
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Vicious and Butcherly. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 08, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/vicious
Butcherly & Vicious. N.p., 2016. Web. 08 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/butcherly/vicious>.
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