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cruel
adjective as in vicious, pitiless; causing pain
Strongest matches
atrocious, barbarous, bitter, brutal, callous, cold-blooded, evil, harsh, hateful, heartless, inhuman, inhumane, merciless, painful, relentless, ruthless, sadistic, spiteful, tyrannical, unkind, vicious, wicked
Weak matches
bestial, bloodthirsty, brutish, degenerate, demoniac, depraved, excruciating, ferocious, fierce, flinty, hard, hard-hearted, hellish, implacable, inexorable, malevolent, monstrous, pernicious, poignant, rancorous, revengeful, sinful, unfeeling, unnatural, unrelenting, vengeful, virulent
Example Sentences
It was a cruel end to the tournament for a generational talent, with the leading wicket-taker eclipsing the leading run-scorer when it mattered the most.
Baseball is a ruthless sport of tense, amplified moments, cruel at times, and that’s what makes it so worthwhile.
The textile mills of Manchester and its surrounding region came to depend on the climate and soils—as well as cruel bondage—in America’s new territory.
Some suffered through years of cruel captivity in North Vietnamese prisoner camps, since Hanoi refused to release them until Nixon and Kissinger withdrew the last American troops.
When Roz lived on the island, winter had seemed like one long, cruel blizzard.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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