| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| ADJECTIVE: | 1. So intense as to cause extreme suffering: cruel, ferocious, fierce, savage. See HELP, KIND. 2. Morally objectionable: bad, black, evil, immoral, iniquitous, peccant, reprobate, sinful, wicked, wrong. See RIGHT. 3. Showing or suggesting a disposition to be violently destructive without scruple or restraint: barbarous, bestial, cruel, fell2, feral, ferocious, fierce, inhuman, savage, truculent, wolfish. See KIND. 4. Characterized by intense ill will or spite: black, despiteful, evil, hateful, malevolent, malicious, malign, malignant, mean2, nasty, poisonous, spiteful, venomous, wicked. Slang : bitchy. See ATTITUDE.
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