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 originally cast Chris Farley to do the voice for the title character, recording about 80%â90% of his dialogue. After Farley died in 1997 before he could finish, Mike Myers was brought in to work for the character, who after his first recording decided to record his voice in a Scottish accent.