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cannibalic

cannibalic

9.9
Being very cruel and violent, like someone who eats people
  • adjective
  • /ˌkænɪˈbælɪk/
  • Offensive
translation icon : caníbal
  • The invaders' cannibalic cruelty shocked the civilized world.

Examples

  • Some horror films depict cannibalic rituals to create a sense of terror.

  • The cannibalic rituals shocked the villagers.

  • His cannibalic rage made him a terrifying opponent in battle.

  • Isn't it horrifying how cannibalic traditions can still exist?

  • His cannibalic rage made him a terrifying opponent in battle.

  • The invaders' cannibalic cruelty shocked the civilized world.

  • Some horror films depict cannibalic rituals to create a sense of terror.

Synonyms

barbaric
vscannibalic
61 6.3

Extremely cruel and violent with no respect for people

is harsher in meaning and adds eating human flesh or extreme savagery
cannibalistic
vscannibalic
  • Offensive
6 8.4

Describing animals or people who eat members of their own kind

focuses on extreme savagery as well as that eating practice
barbarous
vscannibalic
3 8.5

Being very cruel and causing great pain

includes that cruelty but also the specific eating of people
anthropophagic
vscannibalic
  • Offensive
9.9

Involving eating human flesh

also emphasizes extreme brutality beyond merely the eating act
anthropophagous
vscannibalic
  • Offensive
9.9

Eating human flesh

is broader and adds strong savagery beyond feeding behavior
butcherly
vscannibalic
  • NSFW
9.9

Very cruel and violent, causing many deaths

goes further by implying eating humans or extreme barbarity
animalian
vscannibalic
  • Archaic
7.6

Acts like an animal because of strong instinct or violent behavior

adds deliberate human-eating or absolute extreme cruelty beyond animal traits

How Savage

cannibalic
  • Offensive
9.9
barbarous
3 8.5
brutal
  • NSFW
229 4.8
cruel
522 2.7

Surface Forms

cannibalic positive

Morphology

cannibalic = cannibal (transparent) = cannibal + ic

The adjective is directly formed by adding the productive suffix '-ic' to 'cannibal', meaning 'relating to or characteristic of a cannibal'.

Etymology

Cannibalic comes from cannibal, a name early Spanish explorers used for some Caribbean people who were thought to 'eat other people'. Because it points to 'human-eating', cannibalic now describes very savage or brutal behavior.