| Main Entry: | sadistic |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, perverted |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, brutal, fiendish, perverse, ruthless, vicious |
Antonyms: |
humane, kind, merciful |
| Main Entry: | barbarous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | crude, savage |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, barbarian, barbaric, brutal, brutish, coarse, cruel, ferocious, heartless, ignorant, inhuman, inhumane, monstrous, primitive, rough, rude, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, uncivil, uncivilized, uncouth, uncultured, unsophisticated, vicious, vulgar, wicked, wild, wolfish |
| Notes: | barbaric pertains to crudeness and uncivility (based on Greek barbaros 'foreign'); barbarous pertains to cruelty, harshness, and immorality |
Antonyms: |
civilized, cultured, educated, kind, nice, polite, refined, sophisticated |
| Main Entry: | beastly |
| Part of Speech: | adverb |
| Definition: | savage; vulgar |
Synonyms: |
abominable, animal, barbarous, base, bestial, boorish, brutal, brute, brutish, carnal, coarse, cruel, degraded, depraved, disgusting, feral, ferine, foul, gluttonous, gross, inhuman, irrational, loathsome, low, monstrous, obscene, piggish, prurient, repulsive, sadistic, swinish, unclean, vile |
Antonyms: |
good, kind, nice, superior |
| Main Entry: | cruel |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vicious, pitiless; causing pain |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, barbarous, bestial, bitter, bloodthirsty, brutal, brutish, callous, cold-blooded, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, evil, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, heartless, hellish, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, merciless, monstrous, painful, pernicious, poignant, rancorous, relentless, revengeful, ruthless, sadistic, sinful, spiteful, tyrannical, unfeeling, unkind, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, vicious, virulent, wicked |
Antonyms: |
charitable, compassionate, considerate, feeling, gentle, kind, merciful, sympathetic, thoughtful, uncruel |
| Main Entry: | fiendish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | diabolical |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, beastly, brutish, cruel, demonic, demonical, devilish, diabolic, evil, hellish, inhuman, malicious, nefarious, sadistic, satanic, savage, vicious, wicked |
| Main Entry: | ruthless |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | mean, heartless |
Synonyms: |
adamant, barbarous, brutal, callous, cold, cold-blooded, cruel, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, feral, ferocious, fierce, grim, hard, hard-hearted, harsh, implacable, inexorable, inhuman, ironfisted, killer, malevolent, merciless, mortal, obdurate, pitiless, rancorous, relentless, remorseless, revengeful, sadistic, savage, severe, stern, stony, surly, unappeasable, unfeeling, unforgiving, unmerciful, unrelenting, unsympathetic, unyielding, vicious, vindictive, without pity |
Antonyms: |
compassionate, considerate, gentle, giving, kind, nice, sympathetic |
| Main Entry: | savage |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cruel, vicious |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, barbarous, beastly, bestial, bloodthirsty, bloody, brutal, brutish, cold-blooded, crazed, demoniac, destructive, devilish, diabolical, fell, feral, ferine, ferocious, fierce, frantic, furious, grim, harsh, heartless, hellish, infernal, inhuman, inhumane, malevolent, malicious, merciless, murderous, pitiless, rabid, raging, rapacious, ravening, relentless, remorseless, ruthless, sadistic, truculent, unrelenting, violent, wolfish |
Antonyms: |
benign, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | sick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | morbid, gross |
Synonyms: |
black, ghoulish, macabre, morose, sadistic, sickly |
Antonyms: |
clean, gentle, moral, nice |
| Main Entry: | unkind |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | not nice |
Synonyms: |
barbarous, brutal, cold-blooded, coldhearted, cruel, hard-hearted, harsh, hateful, heartless, inconsiderate, inhuman, inhumane, insensitive, malevolent, malicious, malignant, mean, nasty, sadistic, savage, spiteful, thoughtless, uncaring, uncharitable, unfeeling, unfriendly, unsympathetic |
Antonyms: |
considerate, friendly, giving, kind, nice |
| Main Entry: | ogreish |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | fiendish |
Synonyms: |
atrocious, beastly, brutish, cruel, demonic, demonical, devilish, diabolic, diabolical, evil, ghoulish, hellish, infernal, inhuman, malicious, nefarious, sadistic, satanic, satanical, savage, vicious, wicked |