adj satadj.all(of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or sufferingSynset:barbarous brutal cruel fell roughshod savage
Examples:- a barbarous crime
- brutal beatings
- cruel tortures
- Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks
- a savage slap
- vicious kicks
Antonyms:humane
Derivationally Related Form:savagesavagenessbrutalitybarbarousnessviciousnesscruelness
Inherited Hypernyms:barbarous
Similar to:inhumane
adj satadj.allhaving the nature of viceSynset:evil
Antonyms:virtuous
Derivationally Related Form:viciousnessevilnessvice
Inherited Hypernyms:evil
Similar to:wicked
adj satadj.allbringing or deserving severe rebuke or censureSynset:condemnable criminal deplorable reprehensible
Examples:- a criminal waste of talent
- a deplorable act of violence
- adultery is as reprehensible for a husband as for a wife
Antonyms:right
Derivationally Related Form:reprehensibilityreprehend
Inherited Hypernyms:condemnable
Similar to:wrong
adj satadj.allmarked by deep ill will; deliberately harmfulSynset:poisonous venomous
Examples:- poisonous hate
- venomous criticism
- vicious gossip
Antonyms:unmalicious
Derivationally Related Form:poisonviciousnessvenom
Inherited Hypernyms:poisonous
Similar to:malicious