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.
Perhaps no company has promoted 3D harder than DreamWorks Animation, which created Monsters vs. Aliens and the Shrek movies. Phil McNally, 'Captain 3D at Dreamworks, explains some of the nuances of making a 3D film.