butcherly | Definition of butcherly

Synonyms and Antonyms of butcherly

having or showing the desire to inflict severe pain and suffering on others

Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran

Synonyms of butcherly

atrocious, barbaric, barbarous, brutal, brute, cruel, fiendish, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, sadistic, savage, truculent, vicious, wanton

Words Related to butcherly

hard-hearted, ironhearted, merciless, pitiless, ruthless, stonyhearted, unfeeling

fell, ferocious, grim

bloodthirsty, cutthroat, murderous, sanguinary, sanguine

catty, despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful, vindictive

draconian, draconic, hardhanded, harsh, heavy-handed, oppressive

Phrases Synonymous with butcherly

red in tooth and claw

Near Antonyms of butcherly

tender, warm, warmhearted

charitable, clement, lenient, merciful, pitying

pacific, peaceable, peaceful

Antonyms of butcherly

benign, benignant, compassionate, good-hearted, humane, kind, kindhearted, sympathetic, tenderhearted