Synonyms of brutalizing

brutalizing

verb

present participle of brutalize

1

as in dehumanizing

to make (someone) feel or behave more like an animal than a human being

even three years in a prison camp did not brutalize him

Synonyms & Similar Words

• dehumanizing
• humiliating
• poisoning
• degrading
• subverting
• animalizing
• bestializing
• debauching
• polluting
• corrupting
• contaminating
• demeaning
• depraving
• prostituting
• disgracing
• abasing
• perverting
• warping
• profaning
• humbling
• tainting

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• improving
• honoring
• amending
• exalting
• restoring
• respecting
• dignifying
• purifying
• cleansing
• elevating
• uplifting
• ennobling

2

as in abusing

to inflict physical or emotional harm upon

Red Cross workers reported that prisoners had been brutalized

Synonyms & Similar Words

• abusing
• torturing
• bullying
• mistreating
• oppressing
• manhandling
• injuring
• maltreating
• misusing
• ill-treating
• persecuting
• violating
• hurting
• taking apart
• mishandling
• harassing
• tormenting
• ill-using
• molesting
• messing over
• outraging
• harming
• victimizing
• kicking around
• wronging
• working (over)
• beating (up)
• sandbagging
• burning
• roughing (up)
• messing (up)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• fostering
• nurturing
• cherishing
• caring (for)
• gratifying
• favoring
• indulging
• spoiling
• coddling
• humoring
• catering (to)
• pampering
• babying
• mollycoddling