Cruel

[krʊəl] or ['kruəl]

Definition

(n.) See Crewel.

(a.) Disposed to give pain to others; willing or pleased to hurt, torment, or afflict; destitute of sympathetic kindness and pity; savage; inhuman; hard-hearted; merciless.

(a.) Causing, or fitted to cause, pain, grief, or misery.

(a.) Attended with cruetly; painful; harsh.

Checker: Roberta

Synonyms and Synonymous

a. [1]. Unmerciful, inhuman, merciless, unfeeling, uncompassionate, fell, ruthless, barbarous, pitiless, relentless, unrelenting, inexorable, savage, ferocious, brutal, sanguinary, truculent, blood-thirsty, hard-hearted.[2]. Severe, hard, sharp, bitter.

Checked by Gerald

Synonyms and Antonyms

SYN:Savage, barbarous, pittiless, inexorable, unrelenting, ruthless, truculent,hard-hearted, harsh, unmerciful, brutal, inhuman, maleficent, malignant

ANT:Humane, forbearing, generous, merciful, forgiving, benevolent, beneficent

Editor: Margie

Definition

adj. disposed to inflict pain or pleased at suffering: void of pity merciless savage: severe.—adj. Cru′el-heart′ed delighting in cruelty: hard-hearted: unrelenting.—adv. Cru′elly.—ns. Cru′elness (obs.); Cru′elty.

Typist: Stanley

Examples

Checked by Leda

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