butcherly

butch·er·ly

adj \ˈbu̇-chər-lē\

Definition of BUTCHERLY

: resembling a butcher : savage

Examples of BUTCHERLY

1. <Genghis Khan and his butcherly horde even massacred the livestock of the villages they overran.>

First Known Use of BUTCHERLY

1513

Related to BUTCHERLY

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

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

Related Words: 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

Near Antonyms: tender, warm, warmhearted; charitable, clement, lenient, merciful, pitying; pacific, peaceable, peaceful

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