DRACONIC Synonyms: 67 Similar and Opposite Words

draconic

adjective

Definition of draconic

as in draconian

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Recent Examples of draconic In Fire & Blood, this battle is described as the only time during the Dance of Dragons when the dragons truly danced, which means TV audiences should expect some incredible draconic combat. — James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026 The Shadow Bringer was sleeping in a canopied bed, cloaked in shadow, obsidian armor and his typical draconic mask with its caged jaw. — Lizz Schumer, People.com, 28 July 2025 The complications include a tourbillon, perpetual calendar, minute repeater, and a complex celestial and astronomical system that indicates three lunar month displays that include the synodic, draconic, and anomalistic cycles. — Sophie Furley, Robb Report, 5 Nov. 2024 In the popular roleplaying game Dungeons & Dragons, a five-headed, draconic deity bears the goddess’ name. — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 3 July 2024

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Adjective

That could spark draconian cuts to how much drinking water is available for millions of people and imperil farms 500 miles away in California's Imperial Valley.

— Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 17 Aug. 2026
Americans kept lighting up, though, even after draconian federal and state anti-drug laws were enacted during the 1990s.

— Bob Woods, CNBC, 15 Aug. 2026

Definition of draconian

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However, a time has come where the weight of those dreams and ambitions has become surprisingly oppressive.

— Leigh Blickley, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Aug. 2026
About the jail conditions The Sunday afternoon heat surrounding volunteers contrasts with what detainees describe as an oppressive cold inside.

— Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 18 Aug. 2026

Definition of oppressive

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The chaos in Ithaca may be political and ethical—a violation of custom—but stretches of the poem are barbarous and wild, beyond civilized life altogether.

— David Denby, New Yorker, 21 June 2026
Seeking to eliminate Berber forces in the barren mountains of northern Morocco, seven soldiers obediently follow their fanatical sergeant (Víctor Clavijo) into barbarous depths of depravity.

— Ed Meza, Variety, 16 May 2026

Definition of barbarous

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Dungeon Crawler Carl is set after an alien invasion has wiped out most of humanity and any survivors are forced to fight for their lives on a sadistic intergalactic game show.

— Peter White, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
This was Perez Hilton, after all, a man who had earned fame in the mid-two-thousands for his salacious, sarcastic, and often sadistic coverage of celebrity suffering.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Aug. 2026

Definition of sadistic

Adjective

The Braves have Drake Baldwin and Sean Murphy atop their catching depth chart, but a brutal injury setback involving veteran backstop Sandy Leon has now forced the organization to seek out another experienced option.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026
Micron, as well as South Korea's SK Hynix and Samsung Electronics — the world's three major DRAM producers — had competed largely on price, contributing to the brutal boom-and-bust cycles that have long characterized the industry.

— Alexa LoMonaco, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of brutal

Adjective

Powering some of the most destructive and inhuman forces in the world.

— Marlow Stern, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Despite trying to break glass, rip through the foundation, and forcibly remove the door, something of the supernatural or at least thoroughly inhuman sort is keeping them inside.

— Angelica Jade Bastién, Vulture, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of inhuman

Adjective

Success can feel like a cruel tease, fleetingly unattainable and yet when finally achieved, too dangerous to enjoy too long.

— Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 18 Aug. 2026
If Russia behaved badly, that was the fault of its primitive and cruel Asian side, a notion that conveniently created the fiction that Western countries are not capable of similar cruelty.

— Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 18 Aug. 2026

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