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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
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Example Sentences
His later books drew heavily from experiences and people he encountered at the bar, including the cruel captain in The Sea-Wolf.
Not to those in power, not to the cruel and inhumane, not to the wealthy.
Hatuey replied that he would rather burn and be sent to hell than ever again encounter people as cruel as the Spanish.
The New Jersey governor vetoed a ban on a rarely used cruel practice for pregnant pigs.
The story of Alstory Simon has all the scope and scale, the cruel reversals, and pointless waste of proper tragedy.
And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.
Through what ages has that declaration, not to be denied, ascended to cold and cruel skies?
His silence had frightened her: what if he should resent on her the cruel words spoken by Dr. Ashton?
There had been cruel misunderstanding on his part somewhere; that misunderstanding must be burned away.
In a thousand trials the cruel witness of Moses has sent innocent women to a painful death.
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On this page you'll find 171 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to cruel, such as: atrocious, barbarous, bitter, brutal, callous, and cold-blooded.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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