Meaning: (of persons or their actions) able or disposed to inflict pain or suffering. Synonyms: barbarous; cruel; fell; savage; vicious; brutal; roughshod. Context examples: a barbarous crime / brutal beatings / cruel tortures / Stalin's roughshod treatment of the kulaks / a savage slap / vicious kicks. Similar:
The film was extremely successful on release in 2001 and it helped establish DreamWorks as a prime competitor to Disney and Pixar in the field of feature film animation, particularly in computer animation.
You may be looking for Shrek (character) or Shrek (film) . Shrek! is a book written by children's writer, William Steig, which was published in 1990. The book then became a Dreamworks Animation film 11 years later in 2001, respectively named Shrek.