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Butcherly

Like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell.

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Bloody 84% connected

Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Bloody 84% connected

Containing or resembling blood; of the nature of blood; as, bloody excretions; bloody sweat.

oewn 2023 50% interchangeable

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Butchery 74% connected

The business of a butcher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Butchery 74% connected

The business of a butcher.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stumbler 74% connected

One who stumbles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Stumbler 74% connected

One who stumbles.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Botchy 92% connected

Marked with botches; full of botches; poorly done.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Gory 92% connected

Covered with gore or clotted blood.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sanguinary 92% connected

Attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Sanguineous 92% connected

Abounding with blood; sanguine.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Slaughterous 92% connected

Destructive; murderous.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Unskillful 92% connected

Not skillful; inexperienced; awkward; bungling; as, an unskillful surgeon or mechanic; an unskillful logician.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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