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.
For other uses, see Shrek (disambiguation). Shrek! is a picture book written and illustrated in 1990, by William Steig about a repugnant and monstrous ogre who leaves home to see the world and ends up saving a princess. The name Shrek is derived from the Yiddish and German Schreck (Yiddish ×©×¨×¢×§) meaning fear or fright. The book served as the basis for the popular Shrek film series over a decade after its publication. Publishers Weekly Best Children's Books of the Year.