barbarous; brutal; cruel; fell; roughshod; savage; vicious




(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering

"a barbarous crime"; "brutal beatings"; "cruel tortures"; "Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks"; "a savage slap"; "vicious kicks"

Nearest:
  • inhumane


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