barbarous (s)
brutal#1 (s)
cruel#1 (s)
fell (s)
roughshod (s)
savage (s)
vicious (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering
examples a barbarous crime
brutal beatings
cruel tortures
Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
a savage slap
vicious kicks
Outgoing links
Similar to inhumane
Derivationally related form vicious → viciousness
Derivationally related form savage → savage
Derivationally related form savage → savageness
Derivationally related form cruel → cruelness
Derivationally related form brutal → brutality
Derivationally related form barbarous → barbarousness
Incoming links
Similar to inhumane
Derived from adjective savagely → savage
Derived from adjective viciously → vicious
Derived from adjective cruelly → cruel
Derived from adjective barbarously → barbarous
Derivationally related form barbarousness → barbarous
Derivationally related form viciousness → vicious
Derivationally related form brutality → brutal
Derivationally related form cruelness → cruel
Derivationally related form savageness → savage
Derivationally related form savage → savage

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