sanguinary

Synonyms

bloodthirsty, bloody, bloody-minded, homicidal, murdering, murderous, sanguine;

Near Antonyms

appeasing, conciliatory, disarming, dovish, mollifying, pacific, pacifying, peaceable, peaceful, peacemaking, placating, placative, placatory, propitiatory;

unaggressive, unassertive;

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

tender, warm, warmhearted;

clement, lenient, merciful;

affable, amiable, amicable, benevolent, gentle, kindly;

submissive, surrendering, yielding;

Related Words

barbaric, barbarous, brutal, cold-blooded, cruel, heartless, inhumane, sadistic, savage, vicious, wanton;

antagonistic, ferocious, fierce, gladiatorial, hostile;

aggressive, assertive, bellicose, belligerent, combative, contentious, discordant, pugnacious, quarrelsome, scrappy, truculent, violent;

merciless, pitiless, ruthless;

bloodstained, fell, gory, grim;

despiteful, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean, nasty, spiteful;