Synset

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

brutal

cruel

fell

roughshod

savage

vicious

sample sentences

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