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.
Shrek is a fictional ogre character created by American author William Steig. Shrek is the protagonist of the book of the same name and of eponymous films by DreamWorks Animation. The name Shrek is derived from the German word Schreck, meaning fright or terror.