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
Vindictive and butcherly are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Vindictive" instead an adjective "Butcherly".
Vindictive
Vindictive adjective - Likely to seek revenge.
Butcherly and vindictive are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Butcherly" instead an adjective "Vindictive".
Nearby Word: vindictively
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Related pairs
- mean and butcherly
- mean and vindictive
- hateful and butcherly
- hateful and vindictive
- barbarous and butcherly
- barbarous and vindictive
- brutal and butcherly
- brutal and vindictive
- barbaric and butcherly
- barbaric and vindictive
- savage and butcherly
- savage and vindictive
- nasty and butcherly
- nasty and vindictive
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