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.
The original book was written by William Steig in 1990. The 1st movie was co-written by Ted Elliott, Terry Rossio, Joe Stillman, and Roger S. H. Schulman. The second by Andrew Adamson, Joe Stillman, J. David Stem, and David N. Weiss. Shrek: the Third was co-written by Jeffrey Price, Peter S. Seaman, Chris Miller, and Aron Warner.