'Draconian' definitions:
Definition of 'Draconian'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Of or relating to Draco or his harsh code of laws; "Draconian measures"
Definition of 'Draconian'
From: GCIDE
- Draconian \Dra*co"ni*an\, a. Pertaining to Draco, a famous lawgiver of Athens, 621 b. c. Used especially in the phrase Draconian punishment. [1913 Webster +PJC]
- Draconian code, or Draconian laws, a code of laws made by Draco. Their measures were so severe that they were said to be written in letters of blood; hence, any laws of excessive rigor.
- Draconian punishment, punishment so severe as to seem excessive for the crime being punished. [1913 Webster +PJC]
Synonyms of 'Draconian'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- animal,
- anthropophagous,
- atrocious,
- barbaric,
- barbarous,
- beastly,
- bestial,
- bloodthirsty,
- bloody,
- bloody-minded,
- brutal,
- brutalized,
- brute,
- brutish,
- cannibalistic,
- cruel,
- cruel-hearted,
- demoniac,
- demoniacal,
- devilish,
- diabolic,
- fell,
- feral,
- ferocious,
- fiendish,
- fiendlike,
- fierce,
- hellish,
- infernal,
- inhuman,
- inhumane,
- murderous,
- ruthless,
- sadistic,
- sanguinary,
- sanguineous,
- satanic,
- savage,
- sharkish,
- slavering,
- subhuman,
- Tartarean,
- truculent,
- unchristian,
- uncivilized,
- unhuman,
- vicious,
- wolfish